Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2002 11:19:53 +1000 From: "Johny Mattsson (EPA)" <Johny.Mattsson@ericsson.com.au> To: "'freebsd-current@freebsd.org'" <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: rtld-elf patches for non-i386 architectures (review / test r Message-ID: <4B6BC00CD15FD2119E5F0008C7A419A514C8BB33@eaubrnt018.epa.ericsson.se>
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This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C2159D.156BCBB0 Content-Type: text/plain Is there anything preventing someone from just adding this constraint to the manpage? It appears to me this is a very good candidate for the solve-in-documentation approach. Cheers, /Johny PS. My apologies if this email is sent in a stupid HTML or such format, I'm stuck with M$ Exchange here at work, and turning off the exchange-isms aren't all that easy :-( > -----Original Message----- > From: Garrett Wollman [SMTP:wollman@lcs.mit.edu] > Sent: Monday, June 17, 2002 11:14 AM > To: John Polstra > Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Re: rtld-elf patches for non-i386 architectures (review / > test r > > <<On Sun, 16 Jun 2002 15:46:41 -0700 (PDT), John Polstra <jdp@polstra.com> > said: > > > page, so there's a (slight) risk that somebody could remove that > > feature in the future. > > To do so would be to introduce a security hole, so this risk is less > than slight. > > -GAWollman > > ------_=_NextPart_001_01C2159D.156BCBB0 Content-Type: text/html Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV=3D"Content-Type" CONTENT=3D"text/html; = charset=3DUS-ASCII"> <META NAME=3D"Generator" CONTENT=3D"MS Exchange Server version = 5.5.2654.19"> <TITLE>RE: rtld-elf patches for non-i386 architectures (review / test = r</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY> <P><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">Is there anything preventing someone = from just adding this constraint to the manpage?</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">It appears to me this is a very good = candidate for the solve-in-documentation approach.</FONT> </P> <P><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">Cheers,</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">/Johny</FONT> </P> <P><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">PS. My apologies if this email is sent = in a stupid HTML or such format, I'm stuck with</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">M$ Exchange here at work, and turning = off the exchange-isms aren't all that easy :-(</FONT> </P> <P><FONT SIZE=3D1 FACE=3D"Arial">-----Original Message-----</FONT> <BR><B><FONT SIZE=3D1 FACE=3D"Arial">From: </FONT></B> <FONT = SIZE=3D1 FACE=3D"Arial">Garrett Wollman = [SMTP:wollman@lcs.mit.edu]</FONT> <BR><B><FONT SIZE=3D1 FACE=3D"Arial">Sent: </FONT></B> <FONT = SIZE=3D1 FACE=3D"Arial">Monday, June 17, 2002 11:14 AM</FONT> <BR><B><FONT SIZE=3D1 = FACE=3D"Arial">To: </FONT></B> <FONT SIZE=3D1 = FACE=3D"Arial">John Polstra</FONT> <BR><B><FONT SIZE=3D1 = FACE=3D"Arial">Cc: </FONT></B> <FONT SIZE=3D1 = FACE=3D"Arial">freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG</FONT> <BR><B><FONT SIZE=3D1 = FACE=3D"Arial">Subject: </FONT>= </B> <FONT SIZE=3D1 FACE=3D"Arial">Re: rtld-elf patches for non-i386 = architectures (review / test r</FONT> </P> <P><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial"><<On Sun, 16 Jun 2002 15:46:41 = -0700 (PDT), John Polstra <jdp@polstra.com> said:</FONT> </P> <P><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">> page, so there's a (slight) risk = that somebody could remove that</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">> feature in the future.</FONT> </P> <P><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">To do so would be to introduce a = security hole, so this risk is less</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">than slight.</FONT> </P> <P><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">-GAWollman</FONT> </P> <BR> </BODY> </HTML> ------_=_NextPart_001_01C2159D.156BCBB0-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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