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23.1; doc-view-mode temporary directory vulnerable to denial of service

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From: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>
Cc: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>, David Bremner <bremner-dated-1252800134.2fccb3 <at> pivot.cs.unb.ca>, Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>, 4291 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#4291: 23.1; doc-view-mode temporary directory vulnerable to denial of service
Date: Sat, 16 Jul 2011 21:38:57 +0200

Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org> writes:

>> I think the idea is that if you view the same pdf N times in Emacs, the
>> disk space won't increase monotonically (Emacs doesn't delete any of
>> those files AFAIK).
>
> If they aren't deleted, then using a single directory per UID seems like
> a good choice.  Perhaps the right fix here is to make the error message
> better? 

I've now done this.

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