Re: [PATCH] realpath.3: use past tense with ancient history
From: Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) <hidden>
Date: 2012-08-13 07:36:51
Hello Shawn, Yes, that seems a reasobale change. Applied. Thanks, Michael On Mon, Aug 6, 2012 at 9:58 PM, Shawn Landden [off-list ref] wrote:
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--- man3/realpath.3 | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)diff --git a/man3/realpath.3 b/man3/realpath.3 index 1b90a34..615548c 100644 --- a/man3/realpath.3 +++ b/man3/realpath.3@@ -205,11 +205,11 @@ The feature, not standardized in POSIX.1-2001, but standardized in POSIX.1-2008, allows this design problem to be avoided. .LP -The libc4 and libc5 implementation contains a buffer overflow +The libc4 and libc5 implementation contained a buffer overflow (fixed in libc-5.4.13). Thus, set-user-ID programs like .BR mount (8) -need a private version. +needed a private version. .SH "SEE ALSO" .BR readlink (2), .BR canonicalize_file_name (3), --1.7.9.5
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