[Slackbuilds-users] realtime capabilities for jack and its apps

[Ozan Türkyılmaz]

2011/8/20 Felix Pfeifer <pfeifer.felix at googlemail.com>:
>> Proposal: the doinst.sh for any audio synthesis or production package that
>> uses jack-audio-connection-kit should contain code in the doinst.sh like so:
>>
>> setcap cap_ipc_lock,cap_sys_nice=ep usr/bin/whatever
>
> I think it's a good idea. I am maintaining a few audio Slackbuildscripts
> and thought about doing so, but i was afraid it would be removed.
> Would it? Maybe for security or whatever reasons we add an option
> to all these scripts that is mentioned in the README like this:
> "to disable setcaps pass the option --disable-caps to the script"
> $ whatever.Slackbuild --disable-caps

I support this idea. It can be disable and if admin wants to do so at
a later time, it can be changed back easily as well.

-- 
Ozan, BSc, BEng