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Date:      Thu, 16 Sep 1999 15:20:44 +0200 (MET DST)
From:      "Vladimir Mencl, MK, susSED" <mencl@nenya.ms.mff.cuni.cz>
To:        Paulo Fragoso <paulo@nlink.com.br>
Cc:        freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: make world to FreeBSD-SA-99:05.fts
Message-ID:  <Pine.GSO.4.10.9909161518540.26275-100000@nenya.ms.mff.cuni.cz>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.990916085936.9440A-100000@mirage.nlink.com.br>

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On Thu, 16 Sep 1999, Paulo Fragoso wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> On Wed, 15 Sep 1999, FreeBSD Security Officer wrote:
> 
> > V.   Solution
> > 
> > Apply the following patches to libc and do a make world.  Please also
> > see the companion advisory FreeBSD-SA-99:04.core.asc in the advisories
> > directory of our ftp site for details on the kernel portions of this
> > fix.
> > 
> >     Index: lib/libc/gen/fts.c
> >     ===================================================================
> >     RCS file: /home/imp/FreeBSD/CVS/src/lib/libc/gen/fts.c,v
> 
> We've a doubt. Can we aplly this patch and only make and make install on
> /usr/src/lib/libc instead make world on /usr/src?

It won't make a complete fix. find(1) is dynamically linked, so this
ocurrence of the bug would be fixed, but rm(1), cp(1), mv(1) are all
linked statically - they need to be recompiled with the new library...


				Vlada Mencl



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