Re: unicode build: "comparison is always true" warnings

[Andreas Schwab]

David Kastrup <address@hidden> writes:

> Andreas Schwab <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> Matthieu Lemerre <address@hidden> writes:
>>
>>> An attacker could create a symlink with this name file between these
>>> two operations, thus the file would be erased.
>>
>> That does not happen, because the open will fail when the file already
>> exists.
>
> And I bet it was impossible for you to mention this in the last 6 mails
> or so.

I have asked several times what it is considered insecure, but that was
the first mail that gave a hint.  I cannot read anyone's mind.

Andreas.

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