Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2000 14:29:37 -0400 (EDT) From: "Chris D. Faulhaber" <jedgar@fxp.org> To: Christopher Masto <chris@netmonger.net> Cc: Warner Losh <imp@FreeBSD.ORG>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/gnu/usr.bin/perl Makefile Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0008111426270.98390-100000@pawn.primelocation.net> In-Reply-To: <20000811141800.A14610@netmonger.net>
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On Fri, 11 Aug 2000, Christopher Masto wrote: > On Thu, Aug 10, 2000 at 03:59:54PM -0700, Warner Losh wrote: > > imp 2000/08/10 15:59:54 PDT > > > > Modified files: > > gnu/usr.bin/perl Makefile > > Log: > > Don't build suidperl by default. Make users specifically enable its > > building. > > Umm.. isn't that a bit of a radical change? Any reason for it? > Any reason against it? Given the security hole found under Linux and potential problems of Yet Another Suid Binary, it seems a good idea. Also, see the recent discussions on FreeBSD-security. ----- Chris D. Faulhaber - jedgar@fxp.org - jedgar@FreeBSD.org -------------------------------------------------------- FreeBSD: The Power To Serve - http://www.FreeBSD.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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