On Wed, Mar 21, 2012 at 12:11:43AM +0400, Ivan Krylov wrote:
> Package: wnpp
> Severity: wishlist
> Owner: Ivan Krylov <[email protected]>
>
> * Package name : sandbox
> Version : 2.5
> Upstream Author : Gentoo Foundation <[email protected]>
> * URL : http://gentoo.org/
> * License : GPL-2.0+
> Programming Lang: C
> Description : A helper utility to run programs in a sandboxed
> environment
>
> Sandbox is a library (and helper utility) to run programs in a "sandboxed"
> environment. This is used as a QA measure to try and prevent applications
> from
> modifying files they should not.
> .
> For example, in the Gentoo world it is used for building applications as root
> and being sure that the build system does not do crazy things outside of its
> build directory. Such as install files to the live root file system or
> modify
> config files on the fly.
> .
> For people who are familiar with the Debian "fakeroot" project or the RPM
> based
> "InstallWatch", sandbox is in the same vein of projects.
So why do we need this as well as fakeroot?
Ben.
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Ben Hutchings
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- Albert Camus
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