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28.0.50; Sandbox mode

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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Philipp Stephani <p.stephani2 <at> gmail.com>
Cc: Bastien <bzg <at> gnu.org>, Mattias Engdegård <mattiase <at> acm.org>, 45198 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, João Távora <joaotavora <at> gmail.com>
Subject: bug#45198: 28.0.50; Sandbox mode
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2020 09:48:47 -0500

> namespace also don't work in multithreaded processes. Allowing
> sandboxing (at least for now) only at process startup avoids such
> issues and should be good enough for the given use case (Flymake
> background compilation), since we need to start a new process anyway.

BTW, while flymake does already use a background process, I think
there's a deeper reason why we'll always need a separate process:
there's no way to exit a sandbox.


        Stefan

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