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From:   Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
To:     Akira Yokosawa <akiyks@gmail.com>
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        Akira Yokosawa <akiyks@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] docs: Makefile: Add -no-shell-escape option to LATEXOPTS
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Akira Yokosawa <akiyks@gmail.com> writes:

> I don't think the "restricted \write18 enabled" mode permits *arbitrary*
> shell commands.  This is different from adding -shell-escape, rather the
> default option is -shell-restricted.  In this mode, only those commands
> listed by "kpsewhich -var-value=shell_escape_commands" are allowed.

Ah, OK, I stand corrected on that, thanks.  It's still worth turning
off, but it wasn't quite as bad as I'd feared.  Now that I've thoroughly
showed my ignorance I think I'll just go get busy with something
else..:)

Thanks,

jon