diff options
Diffstat (limited to 'lisp/emacs-lisp/package.el')
| -rw-r--r-- | lisp/emacs-lisp/package.el | 9 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/lisp/emacs-lisp/package.el b/lisp/emacs-lisp/package.el index 0bd37ce1d49..a1513039a98 100644 --- a/lisp/emacs-lisp/package.el +++ b/lisp/emacs-lisp/package.el @@ -113,6 +113,8 @@ ;;; ToDo: +;; - a trust mechanism, since compiling a package can run arbitrary code. +;; For example, download package signatures and check that they match. ;; - putting info dirs at the start of the info path means ;; users see a weird ordering of categories. OTOH we want to ;; override later entries. maybe emacs needs to enforce @@ -224,7 +226,10 @@ Each element has the form (ID . LOCATION). LOCATION specifies the base location for the archive. If it starts with \"http:\", it is treated as a HTTP URL; otherwise it should be an absolute directory name. - (Other types of URL are currently not supported.)" + (Other types of URL are currently not supported.) + +Only add locations that you trust, since fetching and installing +a package can run arbitrary code." :type '(alist :key-type (string :tag "Archive name") :value-type (string :tag "URL or directory name")) :risky t @@ -277,7 +282,7 @@ contrast, `package-user-dir' contains packages for personal use." :version "24.1") ;; The value is precomputed in finder-inf.el, but don't load that -;; until it's needed (i.e. when `package-intialize' is called). +;; until it's needed (i.e. when `package-initialize' is called). (defvar package--builtins nil "Alist of built-in packages. The actual value is initialized by loading the library |