From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 17214 invoked by alias); 11 May 2012 18:19:30 -0000 Received: (qmail 17201 invoked by uid 22791); 11 May 2012 18:19:29 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-3.5 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,KHOP_RCVD_UNTRUST,RCVD_IN_HOSTKARMA_NO,RCVD_IN_HOSTKARMA_W,RCVD_IN_HOSTKARMA_WL X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from rock.gnat.com (HELO rock.gnat.com) (205.232.38.15) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with ESMTP; Fri, 11 May 2012 18:19:17 +0000 Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by filtered-rock.gnat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4E27D1C6C0D; Fri, 11 May 2012 14:19:16 -0400 (EDT) Received: from rock.gnat.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (rock.gnat.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id rcBiw0X-AH1l; Fri, 11 May 2012 14:19:16 -0400 (EDT) Received: from joel.gnat.com (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by rock.gnat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1B7BE1C6B3D; Fri, 11 May 2012 14:19:16 -0400 (EDT) Received: by joel.gnat.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 10F68145616; Fri, 11 May 2012 11:19:13 -0700 (PDT) Date: Fri, 11 May 2012 18:19:00 -0000 From: Joel Brobecker To: Pedro Alves Cc: Jan Kratochvil , gdb-patches@sourceware.org Subject: Re: [patch 1/2] Provide $ddir substitution for --with-auto-load-safe-path Message-ID: <20120511181913.GD5886@adacore.com> References: <20120509154640.GA12692@host2.jankratochvil.net> <4FAD56BE.7090703@redhat.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4FAD56BE.7090703@redhat.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Mailing-List: contact gdb-patches-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-patches-owner@sourceware.org X-SW-Source: 2012-05/txt/msg00426.txt.bz2 > > +Setting this variable to @file{/} disables this security protection, > > > I wonder if creeping in this unixysm is a sign of an interface > that could be better. I mean, it doesn't make so much sense > if you think of Windows, for example. Yeah - that's why I suggested a boolean setting instead. it fits well with the new setting "auto-load script-dir" which is a list of directories where scripts are implicitly considered as safe. -- Joel