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Bug#880638: release-notes: Document apt sandbox support [buster]



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Hi all,

On Tue, 12 Feb 2019 21:34:00 +0000 Niels Thykier <niels@thykier.net> wrote:
> On Fri, 03 Nov 2017 07:37:12 +0100 Niels Thykier <niels@thykier.net> wrote:
> > Package: release-notes
> > Severity: wishlist
> > 
> > --- News for apt (libapt-pkg5.0 libapt-inst2.0) ---
> > apt (1.6~alpha1) unstable; urgency=medium
> > 
> >   All methods provided by apt except for cdrom, gpgv, and rsh now
> >   use seccomp-BPF sandboxing to restrict the list of allowed system
> >   calls, and trap all others with a SIGSYS signal. Three options
> >   can be used to configure this further:
> > 
> >     APT::Sandbox::Seccomp is a boolean to turn it on/off
> >     APT::Sandbox::Seccomp::Trap is a list of names of more syscalls to trap
> >     APT::Sandbox::Seccomp::Allow is a list of names of more syscalls to allow
> > 
> >   Also, sandboxing is now enabled for the mirror method.
> > 
> >  -- Julian Andres Klode <jak@debian.org>  Mon, 23 Oct 2017 01:58:18 +0200
> > 
> > 
> > Seems like it would be prudent to mention that in the release-notes
> > for buster.
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > ~Niels
> > 
> > 
> 
> Note tos self/update: The feature is (now) *off* by default (see #890489).

So, should we still mention this? At least it should only go into the
whats-new section now.

Paul


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