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Bug#808373: ITP: libwaive -- Allow processes to waive their rights



Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist
Owner: Riley Baird <BM-2cVqnDuYbAU5do2DfJTrN7ZbAJ246S4XiX@bitmessage.ch>

* Package name    : libwaive
  Version         : 1.0.0+git20151218.a0e8c1
  Upstream Author : Dima Krasner <dima@dimakrasner.com>
* URL             : https://github.com/dimkr/libwaive
* License         : MIT
  Programming Lang: C
  Description     : Allow processes to waive their rights

libwaive is a tiny library that provides waive(), a function that allows a
process to waive its right to perform certain actions (e.g. open a file).

It is inspired by Theo de Raadt's tame() system call
(http://article.gmane.org/gmane.os.openbsd.tech/43085)


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