On Sun, 23 Mar 2008 20:30:33 +0200 "Alon Bar-Lev" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Needs package manager support. Effectively this requires an EAPI > > bump, since ebuilds need to know whether they can rely upon caps > > being preserved across a merge or whether they have to degrade to a > > setuid bit. > > Why? A simple USE flag should be enough, if set use caps, if not use > current.
A user turns the use flag on, the ebuild creates files using caps rather than set*id, the package manager merges it by copying the file and the installed file ends up with no caps and no set*id bit. -- Ciaran McCreesh
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