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According to Eric Blake on 11/22/2007 7:39 AM:
> $ m4 -F /nosuch/%x </dev/null
> m4: /nosuch/0: No such file or directory
> 
> If that doesn't scare you, consider a file name that contains %n.  This
> security hole has been present since M4 1.3.

Fortunately, it was fixed on the master branch in Aug 2006 (commit c38df).

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Don't work too hard, make some time for fun as well!

Eric Blake             [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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