bug#30683: [PATCH] build: add a configure flag to force --sandbox

[Assaf Gordon]

Hello Eric, Mike,

(replying to both recent messages)

On Fri, Mar 02, 2018 at 05:20:07PM -0600, Eric Blake wrote:
> On 03/02/2018 05:07 PM, Assaf Gordon wrote:
> 
> >Adding such "--enable" options to "./configure" goes against the gnu coding 
> >standards,
>
> Would a different spelling, such as '--with-forced-sandbox-default=on/off'
> be better?

On Fri, Mar 2, 2018 at 4:27 PM, Mike Frysinger <address@hidden> wrote:
> [...] so if you tell me what name you
> want, i'll happily adjust the patch/code.

I generally do not object to this feature (regardless of the name).

However when I previously suggested something similar for coreutils [1]
(a ./configure flag to change the default 'ls' quoting style),
it was explained that such things should be avoided [2].

[1] https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-coreutils/2016-02/msg00057.html
[2] https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-coreutils/2016-02/msg00058.html

Perhaps there's no issue in adding it to sed - in which case I'm happy to 
commit it.

Jim - what do you think?

regards,
 - assaf