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Bug#813471: Seeking seconds for patch to permit some network access to localhost



[dropping some CCs]

Hello,

On Sun 22 Jul 2018 at 10:41AM GMT, Niels Thykier wrote:

> Basically I read "No required target may attempt network access via the
> loopback interface (except if/when ...).".  To me that implies /only/
> the loopback interface is restricted by that sentence (i.e. any other
> network interface is not restricted by this sentence).

Thank you.  I now see how it could be read that way.

> If there is another saying that no other network interfaces may be used
> during the build, then the loopback restriction may be fine.  But the
> original sentence sounded like it was the only sentence restricting
> network access.

Here is a revised patch; David, hopefully you will renew your second.

> diff --git a/policy/ch-source.rst b/policy/ch-source.rst
> index 9e7d79c..890c479 100644
> --- a/policy/ch-source.rst
> +++ b/policy/ch-source.rst
> @@ -278,7 +278,8 @@ non-interactive. It also follows that any target that these targets
>  depend on must also be non-interactive.
>
>  For packages in the main archive, no required targets may attempt
> -network access.
> +network access, except, via the loopback interface, to services on the
> +build host that have been started by the build.
>
>  The targets are as follows:
>

-- 
Sean Whitton

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