[Pidgin] #4990: Pidgin needs sys_ptrace capability

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Sat Mar 1 12:34:50 EST 2008


#4990: Pidgin needs sys_ptrace capability
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Reporter:  RSz     |       Owner:  lschiere    
    Type:  defect  |      Status:  new         
Priority:  minor   |   Component:  unclassified
 Version:  2.2.1   |    Keywords:              
 Pending:  0       |  
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 I played around with apparmor lately and realised that pidgin needs the
 sys_ptrace capability. As it certainly doesn't behave any different when
 not granted, what is it good for anyway?
 Note that it even tries to get sys_ptrace with all plugins deactivated at
 each start.

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Ticket URL: <http://developer.pidgin.im/ticket/4990>
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