[prev in list] [next in list] [prev in thread] [next in thread] 

List:       rpmorg-list
Subject:    Re: RFE: (security) hooks for script execution
From:       Enrico Scholz <enrico.scholz () informatik ! tu-chemnitz ! de>
Date:       2005-02-05 0:04:52
Message-ID: 87hdkran2z.fsf () kosh ! ultra ! csn ! tu-chemnitz ! de
[Download RAW message or body]

jbj@redhat.com (Jeff Johnson) writes:

> Poke the same message(s) onto <rpm-devel@lists.dulug.duke.edu> please.
>
> General lua hooking on all RPMRC_FOO returns, with fine grained
> hook dispatch through a namespace table, and dlopen to accomodate
> language implementation issues from lua (hint: embedding is not
> hard, lua first) embedded layer, is what is needed in rpmlib, not
> (your otherwise perfectly sensible) but rather limited request.

Sorry Jeff, I can not follow here. IMO, LUA scripting (for %scriptlets)
should happen in the same way like the current %scripts. Only difference
should be that not execv(3) but the interpreter will be called.




Enrico

[prev in list] [next in list] [prev in thread] [next in thread]