Re: [AD] pack_fdopen

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On October 25, 2001 12:15 am, you wrote:
> On 22 Oct 2001, Vincent Penquerc'h <Vincent.Penquerch@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > The file descriptor returned by mkstemp must be
> > converted to a PACKFILE.  Thus I've written a pack_fdopen function.
>
> Eric, does this count as a new feature?  I'm inclined to accept it, on
> the basis that it's for security.  What does everybody else think?

I would say its just a bug fix. It's closing an open security hole.

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Thomas Fjellstrom
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