Re: crappy mouse patch from security perspective

Hi,

If you are too paranoid to accept someones help after you've submitted a bug, then perhaps buying a new mouse might be the easiest option for you considering you're already aware of the hardware you're using as being pretty sub-par.

Mouses are cheap these days, unless you want an all-singing and all-dancing one with 6000dpi and flashing lights etc.

The code he has submitted doesn't contain any "rm -f /" or tries making connections to the Internet so it's pretty safe. May not be the most fantastic code ever written, but if it fixes your problem then whats the issue?

Ashley

2011/1/9 shirish शिरीष <shirishag75@gmail.com>

Hi all,
I'm no programmer and nor technically too advanced. Hence
looking for people's guidance.

I have a mouse which is crappy and for which I had filed a bug
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=607242

A gentleman, Mr. Jim Hill pursued the bug and posted a patch for the
same which he seems to also have put up upstream.

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=607242#107

He has asked me to try a new kernel and patch it with the above patch.

While I'm quite sure that Mr. Jim Hill has the noblest of intentions
otherwise he wouldn't have put the code in public domain on a bug.

But as I'm not a programmer hence would like the debian community to
take a look at that , see if there are any inadverant goof-ups or
anything before I take the plunge of applying the patch.

Looking forward for guidance.
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