Re: Install pg_regress script to support PGXS? - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Install pg_regress script to support PGXS?
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Msg-id 20257.1128087991@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: Install pg_regress script to support PGXS?  (Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@alvh.no-ip.org>)
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Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@alvh.no-ip.org> writes:
> (Maybe we should audit it for security problems, just in case the
> distributors choose to include it in packages.  The temp file usage for
> $TMPFILE looks "predictable," thus maybe it _is_ insecure.  Apparently
> it can be made to clobber any existing file owned by whoever runs it.)

pg_regress already *is* shipped in packages (certainly the RPMs contain it)
so if you see any such problems, please do fix 'em.
        regards, tom lane


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