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0 pointsTheBrokenRail3y ago0 comments

> sudo is almost 150k lines of code

I'd argue that's (at least part of) the problem. More code = more surface area for bugs, and sudo has a lot of code.

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It is, but that code wasn't added for the craic and does solve real use-cases that you can't just ignore for a full-featured drop-in s/sudo/.../-type replacement.

(also, 150k lines of code is a little bit misleading, since not all code is for all platforms, sudo has a plugin architecture I believe, etc.)

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0 pointsTheBrokenRail3y ago0 comments

> sudo is almost 150k lines of code

I'd argue that's (at least part of) the problem. More code = more surface area for bugs, and sudo has a lot of code.

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Beltalowda3y ago

It is, but that code wasn't added for the craic and does solve real use-cases that you can't just ignore for a full-featured drop-in s/sudo/.../-type replacement.

(also, 150k lines of code is a little bit misleading, since not all code is for all platforms, sudo has a plugin architecture I believe, etc.)

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