cvs commit: src ObsoleteFiles.inc

Kris Kennaway kris at obsecurity.org
Mon Aug 14 09:41:22 UTC 2006


On Sun, Aug 13, 2006 at 10:55:51PM +0400, Ruslan Ermilov wrote:
> On Sat, Aug 12, 2006 at 08:35:31AM -0400, Kris Kennaway wrote:
> > On Sat, Aug 12, 2006 at 12:42:53PM +0400, Ruslan Ermilov wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > > 
> > > On Sat, Aug 12, 2006 at 12:52:13AM +0200, Alexander Leidinger wrote:
> > > > Quoting Kris Kennaway <kris at obsecurity.org> (Fri, 11 Aug 2006 18:36:42 -0400):
> > > > > I'd suggest adding a comment to the file to prevent another recurrence
> > > > 
> > > > This was one the first idea I had after reading this. If nobody comes
> > > > up with a better one after I'm awaken again, I will add a comment (at
> > > > the end of the OLD_FILES list).
> > > > 
> > > > > of this, or make it so they're touched at installworld and don't keep
> > > > > showing up as false positives in 'find' searches.
> > > > 
> > > > That would be another idea. I like it better, since we can't expect
> > > > that someone greps in ObsoleteFiles.inc for each file he wants to add.
> > > > 
> > > Please add a comment to ObsoleteFiles.inc if you like.  Touching these
> > > files at installworld time is not an acceptable option since they are
> > > not touched for a reson to match the behavior of standard Groff install
> > > (they can have locally added staff much like our /boot/loader.rc which
> > > shouldn't be occasionally overwritten).
> > 
> > I said "touch" for a reason; touch(1) ;-)
> > 
> touch(1) is not an install tool.

Sounds like something easily changed.  How badly do you want to avoid
recommitting this fix every time someone overlooks it?

Kris

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