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Re: [PATCH] maint: add a syntax-check rule to check for vulnerable Makef


From: Eric Blake
Subject: Re: [PATCH] maint: add a syntax-check rule to check for vulnerable Makefile.in
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 2010 18:34:28 -0700
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According to Jim Meyering on 1/27/2010 2:42 PM:
> I've just pushed this to coreutils.
> I propose to move the rule to gnulib's maint.mk.
> Why?  Just noticed that Fedora 11 is still using a vulnerable
> version of automake-1.11, and that some projects don't require
> automake-1.11.1.
> 
> Any objections or suggestions?

I like it.  It lets projects stick with automake 1.10.3, or even a
vendor-patched 1.9.6+, without falling prey to unpatched 1.10.2 or 1.11.
coreutils, and any other package that already requires 1.11 features (like
building configure scripts that accept --enable-silent-rules) only benefit
by avoiding 1.11, but they can likewise do that by requiring 1.11.1.  But
packages that intend to support older automake releases definitely
benefit, so I say move it to gnulib's maint.mk.

+           'see http://bugzilla.redhat.com/542609 for details'         \

That bug report only lists a handful of comments to the public; are we
missing anything in the remaining comments that were screened for security?

-- 
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Eric Blake             address@hidden

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