Hi all,

On Wed, 3 Oct 2001, Luciano Miguel Ferreira Rocha wrote:

> it just doesn't make sense (to me) to don't trust the
> tar but trust the executable generated by the files in it...

The security aspect wasn't my main concern.  It's just that the file
permissions can get a little screwy if you untar and compile as root.
Sure, if you run Apache you probably have to be root anyway...

73,
Ged.

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