cvs commit: ports/audio/arts Makefile

[Michael Nottebrock]

On Monday 01 March 2004 22:26, Jacques A. Vidrine wrote:
> On Sat, Feb 07, 2004 at 01:16:48PM -0800, Michael Nottebrock wrote:
> > lofi        2004/02/07 13:16:48 PST
> >
> >   FreeBSD ports repository
> >
> >   Modified files:
> >     audio/arts           Makefile
> >   Log:
> >   Make artswrapper suid. This will enable running artsd with realtime
> >   priority. Bump PORTREVISION.
>
> Hi Michael!
>
> Could you make this an option, and default off please?
>
> Otherwise, please explain why the benefits outweight the risks of
> another set-user-ID root binary?

The benefit of a setuid artswrapper is basically that you will get decent 
audio playback even when your machine does more than light i/o (for example 
untaring a distfile while building a port).

I won't revert this to the previous off by default because almost all users of 
KDE have "run with highest possible priority" set in the soundsystem options 
and "Why is music still skipping while I build a port?" is a FAQ.

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