Re: PR/46271 CVS commit: pkgsrc/x11/xlockmore

[Joerg Sonnenberger <joerg%britannica.bec.de@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR pkg/46271; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Joerg Sonnenberger <joerg%britannica.bec.de@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
Cc: 
Subject: Re: PR/46271 CVS commit: pkgsrc/x11/xlockmore
Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2012 20:54:35 +0900

 On Fri, Mar 30, 2012 at 07:40:05AM +0000, Matthias Drochner wrote:
 > The following reply was made to PR pkg/46271; it has been noted by GNATS.
 > 
 > From: "Matthias Drochner" <drochner%netbsd.org@localhost>
 > To: gnats-bugs%gnats.NetBSD.org@localhost
 > Cc: 
 > Subject: PR/46271 CVS commit: pkgsrc/x11/xlockmore
 > Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2012 07:37:22 +0000
 > 
 >  Module Name:        pkgsrc
 >  Committed By:       drochner
 >  Date:               Fri Mar 30 07:37:22 UTC 2012
 >  
 >  Modified Files:
 >      pkgsrc/x11/xlockmore: Makefile.common
 >  
 >  Log Message:
 >  make PAM without the suid_helper work on NetBSD: without the bad-pam
 >  option it will give up root credentials too early
 >  addresses PR pkg/46271 by John D. Baker
 
 Given the general quality of the code involved, I'm not sure that's an
 improvement. With suid_helper, it can and should be completely
 unprivileged.
 
 Joerg