Debian bug report logs - #1774, boring messages

Subject: Bug#1774: <paths.h>: _PATH_DEFPATH contains `.'
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From: Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk>
To: Debian bugs submission address <debian-bugs@pixar.com>

Package: libc
Version: 4.6.27-6

#define _PATH_DEFPATH        "/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:."

This should read "/usr/local/bin:/bin:/usr/bin", without the "."
entry.  Quite apart from the security implications, teaching new users
always to run their programs with "./foo" will stop them getting very
confused when they call their programs "test" :-).

Ian.

From: iwj10@thor.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackson)
To: Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk>
Subject: Bug#1774: Acknowledgement (was: <paths.h>: _PATH_DEFPATH contains `.')
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