> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf 
> Of Charlie Savage
> Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2008 9:29 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [Rubygems-developers] Executing code after installing gem
> 
> > RubyGems is not designed for arbitrary code execution, 
> which will be a 
> > security concern.
> 
> Except it already does by letting a developer specify a 
> Rakefile in spec.extensions.  That's how I hacked around 
> RubyGems to correctly install dependent dlls into the lib directory.
> 
> Not to mention the fact that once I have my gem installed, it 
> can pretty much do what it wants.

Interesting.

Maybe we should provide a builtin hook for a post installation task on
the condition that the gem is signed?

Just a thought.

Regards,

Dan


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