From owner-cvs-all Sat Jan 9 06:17:00 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id GAA03498 for cvs-all-outgoing; Sat, 9 Jan 1999 06:17:00 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from ren.dtir.qld.gov.au (ns.detir.qld.gov.au [203.46.81.66]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id GAA03493; Sat, 9 Jan 1999 06:16:58 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from syssgm@dtir.qld.gov.au) Received: by ren.dtir.qld.gov.au; id AAA09543; Sun, 10 Jan 1999 00:15:45 +1000 (EST) Received: from ogre.dtir.qld.gov.au(167.123.8.3) by ren.dtir.qld.gov.au via smap (3.2) id xma009541; Sun, 10 Jan 99 00:15:26 +1000 Received: from atlas.dtir.qld.gov.au (atlas.dtir.qld.gov.au [167.123.8.9]) by ogre.dtir.qld.gov.au (8.8.8/8.8.7) with ESMTP id AAA23072; Sun, 10 Jan 1999 00:15:26 +1000 (EST) Received: from nymph.dtir.qld.gov.au (nymph.dtir.qld.gov.au [167.123.10.10]) by atlas.dtir.qld.gov.au (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id AAA28745; Sun, 10 Jan 1999 00:15:25 +1000 (EST) Received: from nymph.dtir.qld.gov.au (localhost.dtir.qld.gov.au [127.0.0.1]) by nymph.dtir.qld.gov.au (8.8.8/8.8.7) with ESMTP id AAA23180; Sun, 10 Jan 1999 00:15:24 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from syssgm@nymph.dtir.qld.gov.au) Message-Id: <199901091415.AAA23180@nymph.dtir.qld.gov.au> To: Steve Kargl 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 References: <199901081728.JAA91509@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> In-Reply-To: <199901081728.JAA91509@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> from Steve Kargl at "Fri, 08 Jan 1999 09:28:21 -0800" Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1999 00:15:24 +1000 From: Stephen McKay Sender: owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk 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