#13579: test_executable security risk
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Reporter: vbraun | Owner:
mvngu
Type: defect | Status:
needs_review
Priority: blocker | Milestone:
sage-5.4
Component: doctest | Resolution:
Keywords: | Work issues:
Report Upstream: Not yet reported upstream; Will do shortly. | Reviewers:
Volker Braun, Jeroen Demeyer
Authors: Jeroen Demeyer, Volker Braun | Merged in:
Dependencies: | Stopgaps:
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Comment (by vbraun):
Replying to [comment:33 jdemeyer]:
> OK, so how about printing a warning and dropping `sys.path[0]`?
Well if you desperately want it then knock yourself out, but I don't see
any benefit over just printing a warning.
The reason for why Python acts the way it does is such that the admin can
globally install Python programs. Which will generally be in a root-owned
directory (just like /tmp but without `o+w`).
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