debmake 1.14 uploaded

[Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk>]

Christoph Lameter <clameter@waterf.org> writes:
>    * New: "build" a suid wrapper for dpkg-buildpackage and "debian/rules binary"
>    * New: "debpkg" a suid wrapper for dpkg.
> ...
>    * Suid wrappers accessible for users of group "root" only.
>    * Complete development cycle possible from a regular account without
>      having to "su".

*WHAT* ?!!!!?!!!

You've made a global decision for everyone who installs debmake that
anyone in group root is to be trusted with root access, and you don't
really tell either ?

There is _no reason_ for debmake (or indeed dpkg) to include any
suid-root tools.  If people want this kind of facility it should be
provided by special-purpose programs like super, sudo, really or su.

Ian.

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