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[Question #699609]: Why is the python plugin for the sudo 1.9+ package disabled by default?

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From: Rodney Lott <question699609@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2021 23:45:51 -0000
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New question #699609 on sudo in Ubuntu:
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/sudo/+question/699609

The sudo packages for Ubuntu Groovy and newer are part of the sudo 1.9 release. According to the package contents, there is a man page describing the availability to use the Python3 sudo plugin (i.e. /usr/share/man/man8/sudo_plugin_python.8.gz). Unfortunately, the configure option in debian/rules is by default disabled (i.e. the configure step of building the package does not include the --enable-python flag). I know that I can download the package and do a custom build myself. Unfortunately, my company requires the ability to upgrade security-related binary packages like sudo automatically. So, I am wondering why the sudo package doesn't have the python plugins built by default. As long as no one enables a plugin in /etc/sudo.conf, then there shouldn't be any concern about plugins being accidentally enabled. 

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