On Mar 3, 2000, Bernard Dautrevaux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> From: Jim Meyering [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>>
>> Your arguments don't hold water.
Indeed :-)
> This problem is NOT with xargs; it's with the generated command line
> (which is usually limited to 10240 characters by the underl
Jim Meyering <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Bob Friesenhahn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> | I am using CVS automake. After doing a 'make dist', I find that all
> | the files in my source directories are marked world read/write. This
> | makes it easier for others to add trojan horses to the code
Alexandre Oliva <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Mar 2, 2000, Jim Meyering <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Alexandre Oliva <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > | On Mar 1, 2000, Jim Meyering <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > | > Don't use `ln' (which was just a space optimization anyway)
> > | A
> -Original Message-
> From: Jim Meyering [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, March 02, 2000 10:11 PM
> To: Alexandre Oliva
> Cc: Bob Friesenhahn; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Automake security problem
>
>
> Alexandre Oliva <[EMAIL PROTECTED
On 2 Mar 2000, Alexandre Oliva wrote:
> On Mar 2, 2000, Jim Meyering <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Alexandre Oliva <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > | On Mar 1, 2000, Jim Meyering <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > |
> > | > Don't use `ln' (which was just a space optimization anyway)
> > |
Alexandre Oliva <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
| On Mar 2, 2000, Jim Meyering <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
| > That'd be ok if there were a compelling reason to continue using such
| > hacks, but in any case, please don't advocate use of -exec in cases
| > like this. Using xargs is more efficient:
|
On Mar 2, 2000, Jim Meyering <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Alexandre Oliva <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> | On Mar 1, 2000, Jim Meyering <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> |
> | > Don't use `ln' (which was just a space optimization anyway)
> |
> | A worthwhile optimization, IMO.
> Worthwhile? Why?
[ On , March 2, 2000 at 10:32:57 (+0100), Jim Meyering wrote: ]
> Subject: Re: Automake security problem
>
> Alexandre Oliva <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> | On Mar 1, 2000, Jim Meyering <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> |
> | > Don't use `ln' (which was
Alexandre Oliva <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
| On Mar 1, 2000, Jim Meyering <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
|
| > Don't use `ln' (which was just a space optimization anyway)
|
| A worthwhile optimization, IMO. There are some `find' hacks in the
Worthwhile? Why? Sure it saves space for the `dist'
Alexandre Oliva wrote:
> On Mar 1, 2000, Jim Meyering <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Don't use `ln' (which was just a space optimization anyway)
>
> A worthwhile optimization, IMO. [...]
Maybe using `ln' in `make dist' should be optional? The links in
the dist directory can easily becom
Jim> Here's an untested patch.
I'll look at this soon.
Jim> BTW, Tom, what about that last patch I sent in (testing for close
Jim> failure)?
Yeah :-(
I haven't had much automake hacking time for a while (again). I guess
I'd like to get more people checkin rights to make up for my failings.
Ji
On Mar 1, 2000, Jim Meyering <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Don't use `ln' (which was just a space optimization anyway)
A worthwhile optimization, IMO. There are some `find' hacks in the
`dist' rules to avoid modifying the permissions in the source tree,
but, unfortunately, they do not app
Bob Friesenhahn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
| I am using CVS automake. After doing a 'make dist', I find that all
| the files in my source directories are marked world read/write. This
| makes it easier for others to add trojan horses to the code I write.
Ick. Thanks for providing the impetus
I am using CVS automake. After doing a 'make dist', I find that all
the files in my source directories are marked world read/write. This
makes it easier for others to add trojan horses to the code I write.
Bob
==
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