komputes: They aren't in the init scripts, etc. The problem is that if a user adds GREP_OPTIONS to their environment (manually, or via .bashrc, etc.) then it can break init.d scripts, etc.
At the time, if you did `env GREP_OPTIONS=-E /etc/init.d/blah start` it could break the `blah` script in unpredictable ways. Also it can break various scripts in /usr/bin and /bin Depending on the users setup, GREP_OPTIONS may also make it through a sudo call. The reason why this is a problem is that troubleshooting this kind of problem can be very difficult because only the person with GREP_OPTIONS set will have the breakage and it'll not be obvious that this is happening. I hope that clears this up. Ciao! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/67141 Title: Please create and enforce a system-wide policy to unset GREP_OPTION by default To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/67141/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
