[racket-dev] [plt] Push #27864: master branch updated

From: Robby Findler (robby at eecs.northwestern.edu)
Date: Wed Nov 27 22:02:11 EST 2013

Looks great. Thanks, Jay.

Robby


On Wed, Nov 27, 2013 at 8:24 PM, Jay McCarthy <jay at racket-lang.org> wrote:

> I left the other commit in place so that even if users customize
> download? and install? the command-line tool will continue to work.
>
> Jay
>
> On Wed, Nov 27, 2013 at 7:23 PM,  <jay at racket-lang.org> wrote:
> > jay has updated `master' from c980182b6b to 1741e1b0d1.
> >   http://git.racket-lang.org/plt/c980182b6b..1741e1b0d1
> >
> > =====[ 2 Commits ]======================================================
> > Directory summary:
> >   44.7% pkgs/planet-pkgs/planet-doc/planet/
> >   55.2% racket/collects/planet/private/
> >
> > ~~~~~~~~~~
> >
> > 680b6f4 Jay McCarthy <jay at racket-lang.org> 2013-11-27 19:09
> > :
> > | Revert "Remove arbitrary code execution exploit from Racket and
> DrRacket"
> > |
> > | This reverts commit cf1755fc173cef39c3c4592011623269735084c0.
> > :
> >   M racket/collects/planet/private/resolver.rkt | 8 ++++----
> >
> > ~~~~~~~~~~
> >
> > 1741e1b Jay McCarthy <jay at racket-lang.org> 2013-11-27 19:22
> > :
> > | Explain how to control whether Planet auto-installation is enabled
> > :
> >   M pkgs/planet-pkgs/planet-doc/planet/planet.scrbl | 10 ++++++++++
> >
> > =====[ Overall Diff ]===================================================
> >
> > pkgs/planet-pkgs/planet-doc/planet/planet.scrbl
> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > --- OLD/pkgs/planet-pkgs/planet-doc/planet/planet.scrbl
> > +++ NEW/pkgs/planet-pkgs/planet-doc/planet/planet.scrbl
> > @@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
> >       planet/util
> >       planet/version
> >       planet/syntax
> > +     planet/resolver
> >       planet/scribble)
> >     scribble/bnf)
> >
> > @@ -160,6 +161,15 @@ Once that is complete, PLaneT will use that version
> of the
> >  package for any subsequent @racket[require]s and won't try
> >  to use the network.
> >
> > +If you wish to ensure that PLaneT won't use the network even if your
> > +operating system allows it, you can use the @racket[download?]
> > +parameter of the @racketmodname[planet/resolver] module to control
> > +whether it attempts to download files. Similarly, you can use the
> > + at racket[install?] parameter to prevent installation. Finally, you can
> > +block access at the operating system level to the path returned by
> > + at racket[(PLANET-BASE-DIR)] to control which operating system users can
> > +install PLaneT packages.
> > +
> >  @subsection{Fine-Grained Control Over Package Imports}
> >
> >  The PLaneT client is designed to balance two competing goals:
> >
> > racket/collects/planet/private/resolver.rkt
> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > --- OLD/racket/collects/planet/private/resolver.rkt
> > +++ NEW/racket/collects/planet/private/resolver.rkt
> > @@ -219,9 +219,9 @@ See the scribble documentation on the
> planet/resolver module.
> >           (struct-out exn:fail:planet))
> >
> >  ;; if #f, will not install packages and instead raise a
> exn:fail:install? error
> > -(define install? (make-parameter #f))
> > +(define install? (make-parameter #t))
> >  ;; if #f, will not download packages and instead raise a
> exn:fail:install? error
> > -(define download? (make-parameter #f))
> > +(define download? (make-parameter #t))
> >  (define-struct (exn:fail:planet exn:fail) ())
> >
> >  ;; update doc index only once for a set of installs:
> > @@ -541,7 +541,7 @@ See the scribble documentation on the
> planet/resolver module.
> >    (unless (download?)
> >      (raise (make-exn:fail:planet
> >              (format
> > -             "PLaneT error: cannot download package ~s without
> permission. Give permission with download? parameter or use 'raco planet
> install'"
> > +             "PLaneT error: cannot download package ~s since the
> download? parameter is set to #f"
> >               (list (car (pkg-spec-path pkg)) (pkg-spec-name pkg)))
> >              (current-continuation-marks))))
> >    ((if (USE-HTTP-DOWNLOADS?) download-package/http
> download-package/planet)
> > @@ -577,7 +577,7 @@ See the scribble documentation on the
> planet/resolver module.
> >    (unless (install?)
> >      (raise (make-exn:fail:planet
> >              (format
> > -             "PLaneT error: cannot install package ~s without
> permission. Give permission with download? parameter or use 'raco planet
> install'"
> > +             "PLaneT error: cannot install package ~s since the
> install? parameter is set to #f"
> >               (list (car pkg-path) pkg-name maj min))
> >              (current-continuation-marks))))
> >    (define owner (car pkg-path))
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