GNU bug report logs - #9600
some gdbs ignore a world-writable .gdbinit

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: rms <at> gnu.org

Date: Sun, 25 Sep 2011 17:36:03 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: notabug, wontfix

Found in version 24.0.50

Done: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #35 received at 9600 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org>
To: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, 9600 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, rms <at> gnu.org,
	svenjoac <at> gmx.de
Subject: Re: bug#9600: 24.0.50; .gdbinit does not run
Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2011 13:16:41 +0200

Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org> writes:

> I tested with Debian testing's gdb "7.3-debian". A gdbinit file writable
> by me was fine, a world-writable gdbinit was rejected with
>
>   warning: not using untrusted file ".gdbinit"
>
> This seems entirely reasonable to me [1].

That really should only be checking write bits outside of the current
umask.

Andreas.

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