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Restrict system operations on OpenBSD #526

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Use pledge(2)[0] to limit patchelf(1) to read, write and create files.
It never deals with TTY, network, process management or other subsystems.

Do so immediately in main() since mainWrapped() itself parses files
whilst parsing command line arguments (--rename-dynamic-symbols).

This is to reduce patchelf's attack surface and potential damage when
dealing with untrusted ELF programs.

No behaviour change in tests or real world usage observed on
OpenBSD/amd64 7.4 (0.18.0 tests: 56/52/2/2 TOTAL/PASS/FAIL/SKIP).

0: https://man.openbsd.org/pledge.2

Use pledge(2)[0] to limit patchelf(1) to read, write and create files.
It never deals with TTY, network, process management or other subsystems.

Do so immediately in main() since mainWrapped() itself parses files
whilst parsing command line arguments (--rename-dynamic-symbols).

This is to reduce patchelf's attack surface and potential damage when
dealing with untrusted ELF programs.

No behaviour change in tests or real world usage observed on
OpenBSD/amd64 7.4 (0.18.0 tests: 56/52/2/2 TOTAL/PASS/FAIL/SKIP).

0: https://man.openbsd.org/pledge.2
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