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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