Date: Tue, 8 Aug 2000 07:52:15 -0700 (PDT) From: Matthew Jacob <mjacob@feral.com> To: Jon Masami Kuroda <jkuroda@EECS.Berkeley.EDU> Cc: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG, Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za> Subject: Re: bin/20445: restore(8) -r and -R don't use mktemp(3) Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10008080752030.86885-100000@beppo.feral.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10008080750330.86885-100000@beppo.feral.com>
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Oh, btw, it'd be 'lukem@netbsd.org' On Tue, 8 Aug 2000, Matthew Jacob wrote: > > Yes, Luke's around. I'll even be having lunch with him this week sometime > maybe. Ask Theo what' up, although I'm sure he's already read this thread (he > reads everything) > > > On Tue, 8 Aug 2000, Sheldon Hearn wrote: > > > 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 > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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