Date: Thu, 9 Aug 2001 00:53:06 +1000 (EST) From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> To: Mark Peek <mark@whistle.com> Cc: Peter Pentchev <roam@ringlet.net>, <audit@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: [PATCH] fix a file(1) minor POLA stretching Message-ID: <20010809004909.L8250-100000@besplex.bde.org> In-Reply-To: <p0510031fb796f6fd7184@[207.76.207.129]>
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On Wed, 8 Aug 2001, Mark Peek wrote: > At 12:31 PM +0300 8/8/01, Peter Pentchev wrote: > >On Wed, Aug 08, 2001 at 06:45:44PM +1000, Bruce Evans wrote: > > > Building at install time breaks installing from readonly object trees > > > (if the sources somehow become out of date). > > Bruce, thanks for catching my mistake. You're right, my patch would > break readonly object trees. > > >True. Then how about just generating the magic DB at install time, > >right into the destination directory? > >Patch attached. > > Given the constraints of cross platform builds and readonly object > trees (phase of the moon anyone? :-) ), I believe your updated patch > is on the right track. I agree. It's too much work to do this "right" (by implementing a cross-tool version of file(1)). Bruce To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-audit" in the body of the message
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