[gobolinux-devel] GoboLinux 015

[Michael Homer]

On Saturday 28 June 2008 09:42:50 Matt Lawrence wrote:
> > leaving the decision of whether users want to run
> > Compile as root or not to themselves.
>
> I agree. What I've read about Compile gives me the impression that it
> is an excellent project.
>
> However, as a strong supporter of the principal of least privilege I
> think Compile should be able to run as a regular user.
I think you're actually disagreeing then. Or maybe just something orthogonal.
>
> It is also my hope that Zero Install will adopt Compile as its method
> of compiling from source. However, it will only be adopted if it can
> be used as a normal user as complete non-root installation is one of
> the main goals of the Zero Install project.
And yes, Rootless. Compile is the principal means of installation on that, so 
it is designed to be able to work that way. You can install almost all 
user-level software like that, just requiring a system toolchain to bootstrap 
itself. Rootless works on the principle that it has no privileges outside a 
tree under ~, so there's no elevation at all. The tools contain some 
special-casing to work with that situation.
-Michael
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