This is very likely just a mistake and not deliberate. a) absolutely nobody uses cmake to build this packet b) if you try to build the packet with cmake and -

This is very likely just a mistake and not deliberate. a) absolutely nobody uses cmake to build this packet b) if you try to build the packet with cmake and -DENABLE_SANDBOX=landlock, the build just fails: https://i.imgur.com/7xbeWFx.png https://i.imgur.com/7xbeWFx.png The "." does not disable sandboxing, it just makes it impossible to build with cmake. If anyone had ever actually tried building it with cmake, they would get the error and realize that something is wrong. It makes absolutely no sense that this would be malicious attempt to reduce security.