i'll go ahead and #if 0 the call to dumpBuiltinSet()
in the source.  that way we won't have to worry about
it until someone wants to do a translation....

that way we needn't worry about the rest.  you can
comment out that ABI_OPT_DEBUG=1 if you want, so that
builds won't have all the debug log stuff spewing out...

jeff

At 09:24 AM 3/31/99 -0800, Darren Benham wrote:
>On Wed, Mar 31, 1999 at 08:32:16AM -0600, Jeff Hostetler wrote:
>> in abi/src/config/abi_defs.mk  there's a line "ABI_OPT_DEBUG=1" which
>> can be commented out and all of the magic goes away....
>It's actually very nice to look at :)
>
>> when we get closer to having production builds be the norm, we'll remove
>> that line from the makefile -- and any one wanting a debug build can
>> explicitly
>> set it on the command line or in an environment variable...
>You mean comment it out.. or remove it totally?  I'd recommend number 1.
>
>> if you want to leave debug on, but don't want the dumpBuildStrings()
>> stuff,
>> just #if 0 that section.  it's mainly there to provide fodder for a
>> translator...
>The problem, when Debian Security audited it, they found that temp file
>would follow symlinks and allow someone with access to the machine to set
>up a DoS-type attack.  The fact that it is just debug code is good.  
>
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