Date: Tue, 8 Aug 2000 03:20:03 -0700 (PDT) From: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: bin/20445: restore(8) -r and -R don't use mktemp(3) Message-ID: <200008081020.DAA29451@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR bin/20445; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za> To: Jon Masami Kuroda <jkuroda@EECS.Berkeley.EDU> Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: bin/20445: restore(8) -r and -R don't use mktemp(3) Date: Tue, 08 Aug 2000 12:16:39 +0200 On Mon, 07 Aug 2000 09:37:22 MST, Jon Masami Kuroda wrote: > This "bug" should not have any security impact if I understand open(2) > and the "O_EXCL" flag correctly. It is, so far, just a productivity > annoyance. While that's certainly the way it looks to me, I'm very uncomfortable with proceding without finding out _why_ OpenBSD's rev 1.3 was required. Essentially, your patch proposes that we revert NetBSD's rev 1.3. The CVS log for that delta implies that the patch you propose will somehow break the -r and -R options. I'm not sure whether <lukem@supp.cpr.itg.telecom.com.au> is still a deliverable address. Perhaps you could chat to Theo and ask him why the revision was introduced in the first place? Ciao, Sheldon. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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