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Re: [PATCH] install-sh: avoid (low risk) race in /tmp
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Mathieu Lirzin |
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Re: [PATCH] install-sh: avoid (low risk) race in /tmp |
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Tue, 27 Feb 2018 19:28:45 +0100 |
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Hello thomas,
Thomas Deutschmann <address@hidden> writes:
> Pavel Raiskup submitted a patch to avoid a (low risk) race
> in /tmp in April 2015 [1] which still isn't merged.
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> Was there a reason or was it just forgotten? Maybe we can
> add it now?
Yes it has just been forgotten, if the patch is safe then yes we can
apply it for 1.16.1.
> It is currently present in Red Hat, Debian and Gentoo
> (haven't checked more distributions).
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> See also:
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> [1] https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake-patches/2015-04/msg00001.html
I will take a closer look in the following days.
Thanks for reminding us.
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Mathieu Lirzin
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