GNU bug report logs - #34180
27.0.50; argv[0] used incorrectly to find the .pdmp

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> IRO.UMontreal.CA>

Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2019 16:09:02 UTC

Severity: important

Tags: security

Found in version 27.0.50

Fixed in version 28.1

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: 34180 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, dancol <at> dancol.org, monnier <at> IRO.UMontreal.CA, eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu
Subject: bug#34180: 27.0.50; argv[0] used incorrectly to find the .pdmp
Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2021 17:10:27 +0300
> From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
> Cc: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>,  Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>,
>   34180 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,  monnier <at> IRO.UMontreal.CA
> Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2021 12:51:00 +0200
> 
> Daniel Colascione <dancol <at> dancol.org> writes:
> 
> > I'd rather get out of the business of mucking with executable files
> > even if it means we have a bit of extra complexity arising from having
> > to deal with out-of-band pdmp files.
> 
> Not mucking with the executable files is a definite plus, but on the
> other hand -- having a self-contained emacs executable again would also
> be really attractive.

But I agree with Daniel that the former is more important than the
latter.  If we do find a way of achieving the latter without risking
the former, then sure.




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