Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1999 00:15:24 +1000 From: Stephen McKay <syssgm@dtir.qld.gov.au> To: Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> Cc: cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, syssgm@dtir.qld.gov.au Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/gnu/usr.bin/binutils/strip Makefile Message-ID: <199901091415.AAA23180@nymph.dtir.qld.gov.au> In-Reply-To: <199901081728.JAA91509@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> from Steve Kargl at "Fri, 08 Jan 1999 09:28:21 -0800" References: <199901081728.JAA91509@troutmask.apl.washington.edu>
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On Friday, 8th January 1999, Steve Kargl wrote: >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'. Probably a virus the size of the operating system! :-) Yes, "." in $PATH is bad and can be dealt with by aborting (or editting it out) but if you think malicious users have fiddled with your makefiles, you've got bigger problems than your $PATH! Stephen. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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