cvs commit: ports/audio/arts Makefile

[Jacques A. Vidrine]

On Tue, Mar 02, 2004 at 09:12:25AM +0100, Michael Nottebrock wrote:
> 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.

I understand the FAQ.  It is a KDE FAQ, not a FreeBSD FAQ.  It ought to
stay a FAQ---  users should make a concious decision to turn this on.
The default installation-from-source does not install the set-user-ID
bit... but the FreeBSD port (now) does.

Please make this an option and default to off.  Display a message to the
user if you want to reduce the frequency of this particular FAQ. :-)

Cheers,
-- 
Jacques Vidrine / nectar at celabo.org / jvidrine at verio.net / nectar at freebsd.org