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Ludovic Court=C3=A8s writes:

> I think it=E2=80=99s a good endeavor, but it=E2=80=99s a longer-term one =
since it=E2=80=99ll
> take some time before this new version is in use by all the Guix code.
>
> The difficulty in designing such an interface is that the Scheme API is
> more about ports than it=E2=80=99s about file names and file descriptors.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Ludo=E2=80=99.

In the long run, that might end up being safer.
In the meanwhile, we suffer the world of ACLs. ;)

(From my read, this is practically exactly the scenario from Norm
Hardy's original Confused Deputy paper...)