Sandbox build.rs and plugins
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Description
Currently, it's impossible to even typecheck a crate without running arbitrary code. Unless I'm mistaken, most plugins/build.rs files just do codegen so they should work just fine inside a sandbox so it would be nice to provide some sort of safe/sandboxed way to generate code. See:
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Research direction
Start by reading the issue description and the linked flycheck issue about sandboxing. Define the scope of a safe, sandboxed way to run build.rs files and plugins for code generation, with the result that a crate can be typechecked without unrestricted arbitrary code execution.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- rust
- Domain
- build-system, security
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100