Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1999 09:28:21 -0800 (PST) From: Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> To: bde@zeta.org.au (Bruce Evans) Cc: cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, n_hibma@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/gnu/usr.bin/binutils/strip Makefile Message-ID: <199901081728.JAA91509@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> In-Reply-To: <199901081127.WAA29679@godzilla.zeta.org.au> from Bruce Evans at "Jan 8, 1999 10:27:20 pm"
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According to Bruce Evans: > > Modified files: > > gnu/usr.bin/binutils/strip Makefile > > Log: > > Ignore return value for strip. Avoids make world going pop > > because of > > > > strip maybe_stripped > > strip: maybe_stripped: File format not recognized > > *** Error code 1 > > > > in I/usr/src/gnu/usr.bin/binutils/strip > > Hmm, usr.bin/strip already has this breakage (ignoring an error). > Possible correct fixes: > > - use `install -C' to get an atomic install and remove all the maybe_stripped > complications. (Someday, `install' should always be atomic.) > - remove "." from $PATH. > - abort `make world' if "." is in $PATH. > I agree with Bruce that ignoring the error isn't the correct solution. Aborting `make world' if "." is in $PATH should be the default action with an admonishment of the person trying to run `make world'. God only knows (and maybe Bruce) what kind of trojan horses that a malicious user can embedded within a `make world'. -- Steve finger kargl@troutmask.apl.washington.edu http://troutmask.apl.washington.edu/~clesceri/kargl.html To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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