From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#37819: [PATCH] Make 'load-dangerous-libraries' obsolete Date: Sat, 19 Oct 2019 10:33:40 +0200 Message-ID: <87y2xhgmmz.fsf@gnus.org> References: <8336fp8cy3.fsf@gnu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: blaine.gmane.org; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:195.159.176.226"; logging-data="267877"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@blaine.gmane.org" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: 37819@debbugs.gnu.org, Stefan Kangas To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Oct 19 10:34:11 2019 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1iLkBf-0017Yn-0Y for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 19 Oct 2019 10:34:11 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:51020 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1iLkBd-0007Jt-J1 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 19 Oct 2019 04:34:09 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:39426) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1iLkBX-0007Jl-KN for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 19 Oct 2019 04:34:04 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1iLkBW-0007Qy-KM for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 19 Oct 2019 04:34:03 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:43103) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1iLkBW-0007Qp-8T for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 19 Oct 2019 04:34:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1iLkBW-00052Z-4x for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 19 Oct 2019 04:34:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sat, 19 Oct 2019 08:34:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 37819 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: patch Original-Received: via spool by 37819-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B37819.157147402619350 (code B ref 37819); Sat, 19 Oct 2019 08:34:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 37819) by debbugs.gnu.org; 19 Oct 2019 08:33:46 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:51924 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1iLkBF-000522-Sc for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 19 Oct 2019 04:33:46 -0400 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.231.51]:46828) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1iLkBE-00051q-6F for 37819@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 19 Oct 2019 04:33:44 -0400 Original-Received: from cm-84.212.202.86.getinternet.no ([84.212.202.86] helo=marnie) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1iLkBA-0003fw-GP; Sat, 19 Oct 2019 10:33:43 +0200 In-Reply-To: <8336fp8cy3.fsf@gnu.org> (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Sat, 19 Oct 2019 09:30:12 +0300") X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 209.51.188.43 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: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:169717 Archived-At: Eli Zaretskii writes: >> I suspect that 'load-dangerous-libraries' is largely irrelevant >> nowadays. Is this correct? If yes, here is a patch which would >> ignore it and declare it obsolete. > > What is the purpose of declaring this obsolete? I'd argue we should > keep this "forever", since it can never do any harm, and sometimes > might do an important job. The patch just makes Emacs refuse to load .elc files compiled by XEmacs permanently, so it looks like the right thing to me. But perhaps for Emacs 28. -- (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.) bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no