Bug#120556: dmake in debian

[Robert Millan <zeratul2@wanadoo.es>]

On Mon, Aug 19, 2002 at 06:46:34PM +0200, Chris Halls wrote:
> 
> I can do if you like.  I wasn't aware of Peter's ITP, or that there was
> demand for dmake in Debian.  I made these packages as part of my NM process;
> I don't think Peter would mind if I uploaded them.

I think it's pointful to have it in Debian now, so that people can easily
send feeback through the BTS (i have ported it to GNU/Hurd, for example)

> My main reason for stalling was because of the insecure use of mktmp.  I
> made a wrapper script that refuses to run dmake if it is started in a group
> or world writable directory.  Does that work for you?

I'm afraid i have no idea of the issue, but i noticed this warning:

sysintf.o: In function `Get_temp':
sysintf.o(.text+0x5fc): the use of `tempnam' is dangerous, better use `mkstemp'

maybe mkstemp does such security checks already?

> Yes, although I would need a sponsor.

Torsten Landschoff <torsten@debian.org> and Peter Novodvorsky <nidd@debian.org>
are in the ITP. They might want to sponsor your package.

cheers,

-- 
Robert Millan

"5 years from now everyone will be running
free GNU on their 200 MIPS, 64M SPARCstation-5"

              Andrew S. Tanenbaum, 30 Jan 1992