From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Glenn Morris Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#6953: 24.0.50; serious security bug in create backup files Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2011 14:29:27 -0500 Message-ID: References: <19757.60209.376657.941833@bugle.cse.ucsc.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1294862070 26872 80.91.229.12 (12 Jan 2011 19:54:30 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2011 19:54:30 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 6953@debbugs.gnu.org To: Mark Diekhans Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Jan 12 20:54:25 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Pd6m1-00064P-4m for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 12 Jan 2011 20:54:25 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:51793 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Pd6m0-0005U8-DU for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 12 Jan 2011 14:54:24 -0500 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=43316 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Pd6lu-0005Tl-Sb for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 12 Jan 2011 14:54:19 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Pd6lr-00006N-T1 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 12 Jan 2011 14:54:18 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:32839) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Pd6lr-00006J-Ot for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 12 Jan 2011 14:54:15 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Pd6He-0004Qo-Ej; Wed, 12 Jan 2011 14:23:02 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Glenn Morris Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-To: owner@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2011 19:23:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 6953 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 6953-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B6953.129486012416959 (code B ref 6953); Wed, 12 Jan 2011 19:23:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 6953) by debbugs.gnu.org; 12 Jan 2011 19:22:04 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Pd6Gi-0004PT-Cm for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 12 Jan 2011 14:22:04 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([140.186.70.10]) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Pd6Gf-0004P0-KQ for 6953@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 12 Jan 2011 14:22:02 -0500 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:38458) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Pd6Ns-00020E-8t; Wed, 12 Jan 2011 14:29:28 -0500 X-Spook: Sears Tower csystems CIA virus condor Saudi Arabia X-Ran: FV0d"h`.HNW*EJhrGyU2kXjbObBO0Z&(w$a%1zD0oy_yDg#urG0$*=\A@^eo.TH*Eo}uqU X-Hue: magenta X-Attribution: GM In-Reply-To: <19757.60209.376657.941833@bugle.cse.ucsc.edu> (Mark Diekhans's message of "Wed\, 12 Jan 2011 09\:56\:01 -0800") User-Agent: Gnus (www.gnus.org), GNU Emacs (www.gnu.org/software/emacs/) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Resent-Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2011 14:23:02 -0500 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:43312 Archived-At: Mark Diekhans wrote: >> Regardless of what other problems there might be, such backups should >> probably go somewhere under ~/.emacs.d. > > This makes a lot of sense, and makes it possible to redirect to > a different file system by setting user-emacs-directory. We seem to have gone in a circle. http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=6953#23