strings, change default to -a?

2014-10-25 Thread Stuart Henderson
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/445 Any thoughts on changing strings(1) to use -a by default, to avoid libbfd parsing, and add a new option to allow previous behaviour for people who want it? About -a, posix says Scan files in their entirety. If -a is not specified, it is

Re: strings, change default to -a?

2014-10-25 Thread Mark Kettenis
Date: Sat, 25 Oct 2014 13:18:04 +0100 From: Stuart Henderson st...@openbsd.org http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/445 Any thoughts on changing strings(1) to use -a by default, to avoid libbfd parsing, and add a new option to allow previous behaviour for people who want it? About -a,

Re: strings, change default to -a?

2014-10-25 Thread Theo de Raadt
Date: Sat, 25 Oct 2014 13:18:04 +0100 From: Stuart Henderson st...@openbsd.org http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/445 Any thoughts on changing strings(1) to use -a by default, to avoid libbfd parsing, and add a new option to allow previous behaviour for people who want it? About -a,