Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2002 05:09:12 -0600 From: "Matthew D. Fuller" <fullermd@over-yonder.net> To: Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: Alfred Perlstein <bright@mu.org>, Buliwyf McGraw <buliwyf@libertad.univalle.edu.co>, freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: gets() is unsafe Message-ID: <20020116050912.P23043@over-yonder.net> In-Reply-To: <20020115082216.A792@citusc17.usc.edu>; from kris@FreeBSD.ORG on Tue, Jan 15, 2002 at 08:22:16AM -0800 References: <Pine.BSF.4.43.0201141750380.93171-100000@libertad.univalle.edu.co> <20020114151955.I26067@elvis.mu.org> <20020115082216.A792@citusc17.usc.edu>
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On Tue, Jan 15, 2002 at 08:22:16AM -0800 I heard the voice of
Kris Kennaway, and lo! it spake thus:
> > * Buliwyf McGraw <buliwyf@libertad.univalle.edu.co> [020114 14:49] wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi... i was installing several applications (php,xmms,etc) on my
> > > FreeBSD 4.4 server and i got the next message a lot of times when
> > > i was compiling:
^^^^^^^^^
> > > /usr/lib/compat/libc.so.3: warning: mktemp() possibly used unsafely;
> > > consider using mkstemp()
> > > /usr/lib/compat/libc.so.3: warning: tmpnam() possibly used unsafely;
> > > consider using mkstemp()
[...]
> No, this is a FAQ; it's a bug in the linker which causes it to trip
> every single _warn_references() in the library when it links to libc,
> regardless of whether the program actually uses the functions in
> question.
I think it's an even better FAQ: Why, when he's compiling, is it linking
against a compat/libc?
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