GNU bug report logs - #75017
31.0.50; Untrusted user lisp files

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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Sean Whitton <spwhitton <at> spwhitton.name>
Cc: Dmitry Gutov <dmitry <at> gutov.dev>, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, jm <at> pub.pink, stefankangas <at> gmail.com, 75017 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#75017: 31.0.50; Untrusted user lisp files
Date: Sat, 28 Dec 2024 09:57:24 -0500

> For Debian we'll probably patch in so everything that we install on
> the system is automatically trusted.

Sounds fine, yes.

> It seems natural to me to see this as the
> distributor's responsibility.

Agreed.  Anything that we know has been installed consciously by the
sysadmin should be trustworthy because we don't really get to choose not
to trust the sysadmin,


        Stefan

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