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On 02/22/2016 09:22 PM, Noah Meyerhans wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 22, 2016 at 09:15:37PM +0100, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
> wrote:
>> I didn't say you should remove setuid altogether. I just said you
>> should use capabilties on Linux by default by setting:
>> 
>> Depends: libcap2-bin [linux-any]
> 
> Recommends are installed by default, so the default on Linux is to
> use capabilities. Especially with systemd pulling it in as a hard 
> requirement.

As I mentioned before, the problem occurs in setups like FAI where
Recommends are not enabled by default. I'm aware it works on standard,
stand-alone systems. I haven't had the time to re-test this today
at work, but I will be following up on this!

> iputils-ping only builds for linux kernels.

Well, then this part isn't an issue anyway :).

> I already explained that it would be a policy violation for
> iputils-ping to have a Depends: libcap2-bin. This will change when
> libcap2-bin is Priority: important, at which point I'll add the
> dependency. Just because systemd is willing to violate policy
> doesn't mean I am! ;)

Alright, then let's just wait until this has happened!

Again, thanks for filing the bug report!

Adrian

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