Date: Mon, 19 Jul 2010 18:07:14 +0400 From: Anonymous <swell.k@gmail.com> To: RW <rwmaillists@googlemail.com> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [new port] usage of shar command Message-ID: <86iq4bh8fh.fsf@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20100719142736.5631251f@gumby.homeunix.com> (RW's message of "Mon, 19 Jul 2010 14:27:36 %2B0100") References: <4C42CFDA.3040409@comclark.com> <4C43B5C2.3070403@FreeBSD.org> <20100719142736.5631251f@gumby.homeunix.com>
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RW <rwmaillists@googlemail.com> writes: > On Sun, 18 Jul 2010 19:17:38 -0700 > Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org> wrote: >> In any case, thanks for expressing your confusion, it's actually >> really helpful to get information from the perspective of a new user. > > I wonder how many new users have read the bugs section of the shar man > page, and know how to check such files for malicious script lines. > That's not much of an issue for ports submission, but people are > routinely posting these files in the mailing lists. > > Am I the only one that thinks it's odd that in 2010 we're still using > executable scripts to distribute text files? The last time I heard we still use shar(1) and not diff(1) is because some committers use deficient scripts to automate their process of testing.
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