From owner-cvs-all Sat Jan 9 22:06:02 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id WAA05252 for cvs-all-outgoing; Sat, 9 Jan 1999 22:06:02 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from rover.village.org (rover.village.org [204.144.255.49]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id WAA05238; Sat, 9 Jan 1999 22:05:58 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from imp@village.org) Received: from harmony [10.0.0.6] by rover.village.org with esmtp (Exim 1.71 #1) id 0zzDzt-0000Se-00; Sat, 9 Jan 1999 23:05:13 -0700 Received: from harmony.village.org (localhost.village.org [127.0.0.1]) by harmony.village.org (8.9.1/8.8.3) with ESMTP id XAA08530; Sat, 9 Jan 1999 23:03:01 -0700 (MST) Message-Id: <199901100603.XAA08530@harmony.village.org> To: Stephen McKay Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/gnu/usr.bin/binutils/strip Makefile Cc: Steve Kargl , cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG In-reply-to: Your message of "Sun, 10 Jan 1999 00:15:24 +1000." <199901091415.AAA23180@nymph.dtir.qld.gov.au> References: <199901091415.AAA23180@nymph.dtir.qld.gov.au> <199901081728.JAA91509@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> Date: Sat, 09 Jan 1999 23:03:00 -0700 From: Warner Losh Sender: owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk In message <199901091415.AAA23180@nymph.dtir.qld.gov.au> Stephen McKay writes: : 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! If they can fiddle with the makefiles, they can fiddle with the source, . or no in your $PATH. There is nothing wrong with having . in your path[*], but if it causes builds to fail, why not filter it in the make {,build,install}world targets? Warner [*] At the end of the $PATH, and only when you aren't root. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message