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31.0.50; Untrusted user lisp files

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Message #74 received at 75017 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com>
Cc: acorallo <at> gnu.org, jm <at> pub.pink, monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca,
 75017 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#75017: 31.0.50; Untrusted user lisp files
Date: Tue, 24 Dec 2024 14:15:16 +0200

> From: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com>
> Date: Tue, 24 Dec 2024 00:35:10 +0000
> Cc: monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca, jm <at> pub.pink, 75017 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, 
> 	acorallo <at> gnu.org
> 
> Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:
> 
> > I think this is over-engineering.  Yes, there are situations where it
> > makes sense to trust site-init-file.  No, they are not 100% of the
> > possible situations.  Which in my book means we should leave it to
> > users to decide whether to trust that file or not.
> 
> How do you feel about early-init-file?

I'm with Stefan Monnier on this one: there's no urgency to make any
changes in that area.

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