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Date: Thu, 1 Apr 2004 19:50:28 -0900
From: Ethan Benson <erbenson@alaska.net>
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Subject: Re: arch/ppc/Makefile wiping out /dev/null
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On Thu, Apr 01, 2004 at 03:42:44PM -0500, John Whitney wrote:
>
> NEW_AS := $(shell echo dssall | $(AS) -o /tmp/.as.$$$$ >/dev/null 2>&1
> ; echo $$?)

depending on the behavior of $(AS) this is not secure.

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Ethan Benson
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