Re: Automake security problem

2000-03-02 Thread Steve Robbins
On 2 Mar 2000, Alexandre Oliva wrote: > On Mar 2, 2000, Jim Meyering <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Alexandre Oliva <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > | On Mar 1, 2000, Jim Meyering <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > | > > | > Don't use `ln' (which was just a space optimization anyway) > > |

Re: Automake security problem

2000-03-02 Thread Jim Meyering
Alexandre Oliva <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: | On Mar 2, 2000, Jim Meyering <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | > That'd be ok if there were a compelling reason to continue using such | > hacks, but in any case, please don't advocate use of -exec in cases | > like this. Using xargs is more efficient: |

Re: Automake security problem

2000-03-02 Thread Alexandre Oliva
On Mar 2, 2000, Jim Meyering <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Alexandre Oliva <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > | On Mar 1, 2000, Jim Meyering <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > | > | > Don't use `ln' (which was just a space optimization anyway) > | > | A worthwhile optimization, IMO. > Worthwhile? Why?

Re: Automake security problem

2000-03-02 Thread Greg A. Woods
[ On , March 2, 2000 at 10:32:57 (+0100), Jim Meyering wrote: ] > Subject: Re: Automake security problem > > Alexandre Oliva <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > | On Mar 1, 2000, Jim Meyering <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > | > | > Don't use `ln' (which was just a space optimization anyway) > | > | A wor

Re: REPLACE_GNU_GETOPT

2000-03-02 Thread Jim Meyering
Tom Tromey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: | > "Hal" == Duston, Hal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: | | Hal> I am setting my package up with automake/autoconf, and want to | Hal> provide gnu getopt if it is not available. I noticed | Hal> AC_REPLACE_GNU_GETOPT in the info file, but it doesn't seem t

Re: Automake security problem

2000-03-02 Thread Jim Meyering
Alexandre Oliva <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | On Mar 1, 2000, Jim Meyering <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | | > Don't use `ln' (which was just a space optimization anyway) | | A worthwhile optimization, IMO. There are some `find' hacks in the Worthwhile? Why? Sure it saves space for the `dist'