Re: Bash security issue

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On September 26, 2014 3:53:53 AM EDT, lolilolicon <lolilolicon@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>On Fri, Sep 26, 2014 at 6:08 AM, Linda Walsh <bash@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>> This behavior has been around for 20+ without it being judged "so
>bad",
>
>I don't think that's a sufficient argument for "this is not so bad".
>
>First, the fact that the bug has existed for so long, yet fails to be
>discovered [disclosed] until now, is proof that this feature is very
>little used and rarely tested, not an argument for "it's not so bad".

The question in my mind is, is exporting functions a POSIX shell feature? If not, perhaps it should just be scrapped altogether.

zw


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