Bug#664784: ITP: sandbox -- A helper utility to run programs in a sandboxed environment

[Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>]

On Wed, Mar 21, 2012 at 12:11:43AM +0400, Ivan Krylov wrote:
> Package: wnpp
> Severity: wishlist
> Owner: Ivan Krylov <krylov.r00t@gmail.com>
> 
> * Package name    : sandbox
>   Version         : 2.5
>   Upstream Author : Gentoo Foundation <vapier@gentoo.org>
> * URL             : http://gentoo.org/
> * License         : GPL-2.0+
>   Programming Lang: C
>   Description     : A helper utility to run programs in a sandboxed environment
> 
>  Sandbox is a library (and helper utility) to run programs in a "sandboxed"
>  environment.  This is used as a QA measure to try and prevent applications from
>  modifying files they should not.
>  .
>  For example, in the Gentoo world it is used for building applications as root
>  and being sure that the build system does not do crazy things outside of its
>  build directory.  Such as install files to the live root file system or modify
>  config files on the fly.
>  .
>  For people who are familiar with the Debian "fakeroot" project or the RPM based
>  "InstallWatch", sandbox is in the same vein of projects.

So why do we need this as well as fakeroot?

Ben.

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Ben Hutchings
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