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Date:      Sat, 28 Jun 2025 14:08:38 +0900 (JST)
From:      Hiroki Sato <hrs@FreeBSD.org>
To:        markj@freebsd.org, glebius@freebsd.org
Cc:        bapt@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org, dev-commits-src-all@freebsd.org, dev-commits-src-main@freebsd.org, srcmgr@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: git: 4deb9760a9d8 - main - rc: Disable pathname expansion when calling run_rc_command()
Message-ID:  <20250628.140838.1632734946851803211.hrs@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <aF784OsScoJD_CEs@nuc>
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Mark Johnston <markj@freebsd.org> wrote
  in <aF784OsScoJD_CEs@nuc>:

ma> On Fri, Jun 27, 2025 at 12:37:52PM -0700, Gleb Smirnoff wrote:
ma> > On Fri, Jun 27, 2025 at 08:56:23PM +0200, Baptiste Daroussin wrote:
ma> > B> On Wed 18 Jun 10:13, Mark Johnston wrote:
ma> > B> > On Thu, Jun 12, 2025 at 06:20:26PM +0000, Hiroki Sato wrote:
ma> > B> > > The branch main has been updated by hrs:
ma> > B> > >
ma> > B> > > URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=4deb9760a9d84d5861ee45162ffebe83f13503b8
ma> > B> > >
ma> > B> > > commit 4deb9760a9d84d5861ee45162ffebe83f13503b8
ma> > B> > > Author:     Hiroki Sato <hrs@FreeBSD.org>
ma> > B> > > AuthorDate: 2025-06-12 18:19:32 +0000
ma> > B> > > Commit:     Hiroki Sato <hrs@FreeBSD.org>
ma> > B> > > CommitDate: 2025-06-12 18:19:32 +0000
ma> > B> > >
ma> > B> > >     rc: Disable pathname expansion when calling run_rc_command()
ma> > B> > >
ma> > B> > >     Variables for command-line options like $foo_flags can contain characters
ma> > B> > >     that perform pathname expansions, such as '[', ']', and '*'.  They were
ma> > B> > >     passed without escaping, and the matched entries in the working directory
ma> > B> > >     affected the command-line options.  This change turns off the expansion
ma> > B> > >     when run_rc_command() is called.
ma> > B> > >
ma> > B> > >     While this changes the current behavior, an invocation of a service
ma> > B> > >     program should not depend on entries in the working directory.
ma> > B> >
ma> > B> > This also turns off globbing for /etc/rc.local, which broke one of my
ma> > B> > scripts.  Was that intentional?  If so, we should really document it in
ma> > B> > RELNOTES at the very least.
ma> > B>
ma> > B> This broke nuageinit which rely on globbing to in nuageinit_start, that this
ma> > B> change also broke.
ma> > B>
ma> > B> So many downstream CI are now broken, due to this change.
ma> >
ma> > Given that Hiroki is not reacting on this email thread neither in
ma> > https://reviews.freebsd.org/D51043, I would like to revert this change.  I'd
ma> > like also remind that the problem was discovered during the stabweek testing.
ma> > Although we thawed the freeze, but we are still working on a good known stable
ma> > revision for June.
ma> >
ma> > Any objections?
ma> >
ma> > Adding srcmgr@
ma>
ma> I've reverted the change (and a follow-up fix) for now.

I am sorry for not responding in a timely manner.  I overlooked the
impact and needed to revert it promptly.

The original problem with globbing still remains, so I will submit
another patch for review shortly.

-- Hiroki

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