[Libguestfs] [PATCH] appliance: Ignore unreadable dbus helper programs.

[Matthew Booth]

On 16/12/09 11:10, Richard W.M. Jones wrote:
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> This avoids an error where the appliance cannot start up because this
> dbus helper script (which is never used) is unreadable by non-root.
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> Why do we have unreadable binaries in Fedora at all?  You may wonder:
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> https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-devel-list/2009-October/msg00987.html
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> Maintaining a blacklist like this is generally a bad thing.  We should
> change this code so it automatically detects when a binary is going to
> be unreadable.  However I'd like to keep an eye on this list so we
> don't blacklist something which is necessary for the appliance to run.
>
> Rich.
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YUK (but ACK).

Matt
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