[baker-baker] unpacked source packages

[T. Onoma]

On Wednesday 03 December 2003 03:41 pm, Mika Pesu wrote:
>
> this is kernel level tool, should we search for user-space tool?

Perhaps, i get the feeling though that all user-space tools have loop holes, 
after reading about soapbox.

Correct me if I wrong, but syscalltrack would detect everything that happens 
to file system, right? But I guess it's a heavy fix b/c it is a kernel 
module.

Also I was thinking about just having a new section in recipe for: 
"sys_stuff_I_need_to_build" and "sys_stuff_i_will_change_on_install". That's 
a lot more work for recipe maintainer though, but is 100% fool proof. Ah, 
trade-offs.

no we really need what soapbox wishes to be:

<quote>
What's next?
What I like to implement next is a redirect-option, so that changes made to 
files will result in a copy made to another filesystem/path. And the changes 
are made there.

This will make sure that programs will work as they should in all conditions 
and it is still safe. Additionally, you could diff between the original files 
and your 'redirected-root'.

This however is far more complex than what soapbox represents at the moment. 
And maybe should be considered for a seperate project.
</quote>

Actually I bet syscalltrack could probably be modified to do it. But I think 
that's beyond my programming ability. Hopefully we can find a tool that 
already does it, or find someone who knows how, and would like to.

T.