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Date:      Sat, 09 Jan 1999 23:03:00 -0700
From:      Warner Losh <imp@village.org>
To:        Stephen McKay <syssgm@dtir.qld.gov.au>
Cc:        Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu>, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/gnu/usr.bin/binutils/strip Makefile 
Message-ID:  <199901100603.XAA08530@harmony.village.org>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 10 Jan 1999 00:15:24 %2B1000." <199901091415.AAA23180@nymph.dtir.qld.gov.au> 
References:  <199901091415.AAA23180@nymph.dtir.qld.gov.au>  <199901081728.JAA91509@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> 

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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.

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