[tahoe-lafs-trac-stream] [Tahoe-LAFS] #2217: SandboxViolation: mkdir('/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/cryptography/hazmat/bindings/__pycache__', 511) {}

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#2217: SandboxViolation: mkdir('/usr/lib/python2.7/site-
packages/cryptography/hazmat/bindings/__pycache__', 511) {}
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     Reporter:           |      Owner:  daira
  aredridel              |     Status:  assigned
         Type:  defect   |  Milestone:  undecided
     Priority:  normal   |    Version:  1.10.0
    Component:           |   Keywords:  setuptools distribute build cffi
  packaging              |  cryptography
   Resolution:           |
Launchpad Bug:           |
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Comment (by zooko):

 Replying to [comment:24 zooko]:
 > Okay I asked dstufft and others on IRC and I think I understand answers
 to these:
 >
 > Replying to [comment:23 zooko]:
 > >
 > > 1. Why is it trying to write a cache file into your read-only system-
 wide filesystem if it is already installed?
 >
 > I suspect that this is because cffi tries to build hazmat as a side-
 effect of someone trying to import pyOpenSSL.

 They intend to change cffi for the upcoming cffi v1.0 to stop doing this
 -- doing "build" stuff automatically at import-time:
 https://groups.google.com/d/msg/python-cffi/L9ngHcpRJMU/7Y3CrZg-tn0J

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