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Date:      Sun, 16 Jun 2002 13:56:19 +1000
From:      Tim Robbins <tjr@FreeBSD.org>
To:        dougb@FreeBSD.org
Cc:        freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: bin/39318: /bin/mv executes /bin/cp and /bin/rm without --
Message-ID:  <20020616135619.A9300@dilbert.robbins.dropbear.id.au>
In-Reply-To: <200206151909.g5FJ9e555362@freefall.freebsd.org>; from dougb@FreeBSD.org on Sat, Jun 15, 2002 at 12:09:40PM -0700
References:  <200206151909.g5FJ9e555362@freefall.freebsd.org>

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On Sat, Jun 15, 2002 at 12:09:40PM -0700, dougb@FreeBSD.org wrote:

> Synopsis: /bin/mv executes /bin/cp and /bin/rm without --
> 
> Responsible-Changed-From-To: freebsd-bugs->tjr
> Responsible-Changed-By: dougb
> Responsible-Changed-When: Sat Jun 15 12:09:10 PDT 2002
> Responsible-Changed-Why: 
> 
> This seems reasonable to me, but I'm wondering if the standards
> have anything to say about it.
> 
> http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=39318

Yes, this is a standards problem. It could probably also be a security
problem in some obscure cases, too. The proposed solution looks fine,
I'll commit it after testing it, then see if any other utilities
have similar problems.

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