Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2003 23:26:47 -0700 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: "W. Josephson" <cvs-D20030429@morphisms.net> Cc: cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/lib/libc/gen check_utility_compat.c confstr.c un-namespace.hgethostbydns.c getnameinfo.c hesiod.c ... Message-ID: <20030430062647.GA82023@rot13.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <20030430043303.GA46365@mero.morphisms.net> References: <20030430002014.GA1190@dragon.nuxi.com> <Pine.GSO.4.10.10304300024280.1846-100000@pcnet1.pcnet.com> <20030430043303.GA46365@mero.morphisms.net>
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--17pEHd4RhPHOinZp Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, Apr 30, 2003 at 12:33:03AM -0400, W. Josephson wrote: > On Wed, Apr 30, 2003 at 12:27:22AM -0400, Daniel Eischen wrote: > > Why can't you still do this? You just have to know the real > > name of the function you want to override. Is malloc any > > different than _malloc, so that you can't supply your own > > with the correct symbol? >=20 > It is just one more thing to hack around on > every platform. I still don't understand > why the urge to make things more complicated > for the sake of admittedly broken software. > Why not just fix the bug at its source rather > than making life more difficult for stuff that > is written correctly? Because the source is not always available. Fortunately, for qpopper it is, but as Jacques stated in another message there is a chance that other binary applications also do this. Kris --17pEHd4RhPHOinZp Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE+r2ynWry0BWjoQKURAq3HAKDfeX3GCbMRDTy7n6JgpHPRh0oEQwCg9+1c /DvIzNXo9dbtFDenvLSE/AI= =g9rh -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --17pEHd4RhPHOinZp--
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