From: Joey Hess Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2007 00:25:44 +0000 (-0500) Subject: * Work around perl taint checking bug #411786, where perl sometimes randomly X-Git-Url: https://scripts.mit.edu/gitweb/www/ikiwiki.git/commitdiff_plain/67dcf175cbe6241f0dcf3564424ca178476ebdfb?ds=sidebyside * Work around perl taint checking bug #411786, where perl sometimes randomly sets the taint flag on untainted variables, by disabling taint checking in the deb. This sucks. --- diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog index 3d9f01207..fe3c6b16c 100644 --- a/debian/changelog +++ b/debian/changelog @@ -59,6 +59,9 @@ ikiwiki (2.16) UNRELEASED; urgency=low * Re-organise dependencies and recommends now that recommends are installed by default. * Don't refuse to render files with ".." in their name. (Anchor the regexp.) + * Work around perl taint checking bug #411786, where perl sometimes randomly + sets the taint flag on untainted variables, by disabling taint checking + in the deb. This sucks. -- Joey Hess Sun, 16 Dec 2007 16:55:23 -0500 diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules index af33131d9..ef0e7f827 100755 --- a/debian/rules +++ b/debian/rules @@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ build: build-stamp build-stamp: dh_testdir perl Makefile.PL PREFIX=/usr INSTALLDIRS=vendor - $(MAKE) + # taint checking disabled due to perl bug #411786 + $(MAKE) NOTAINT=1 $(MAKE) test touch build-stamp diff --git a/doc/bugs/Insecure_dependency_in_mkdir.mdwn b/doc/bugs/Insecure_dependency_in_mkdir.mdwn index 4c7d8ebbe..68fb2cb57 100644 --- a/doc/bugs/Insecure_dependency_in_mkdir.mdwn +++ b/doc/bugs/Insecure_dependency_in_mkdir.mdwn @@ -59,5 +59,5 @@ I can't see any related entries. Any ideas? >> --[[Joey]] >> I'd forgotten about [this perl bug](http://bugs.debian.org/411786). ->> If your problem is that bug, I can't help, it's a real bug in perl. ->> --[[Joey]] +>> All I can do is work around it by disabling the taint checking. :-( +>> (Which I've [[done]].) --[[Joey]]