On Fri, Jan 20, 2017 at 12:04:12AM +0100, Adam Borowski wrote: > On Thu, Jan 19, 2017 at 05:33:14PM +0100, Greg KH wrote: > > On Thu, Jan 19, 2017 at 05:12:15PM +0100, Manuel Schölling wrote: > > > On Thu, 2017-01-19 at 14:23 +0100, Greg KH wrote: > > > > On Fri, Jan 13, 2017 at 09:07:57PM +0100, Manuel Schölling wrote: > > > > > + This feature might break your tool of choice to flush > > > > > the scrollback > > > > > + buffer, e.g. clear(1) will work fine but Debian's > > > > > clear_console(1) > > > > > + will be broken, which might cause security issues. > > > > > + You can use the escape sequence \e[3J instead if this > > > > > feature is > > > > > + activated. > > > > I'd recommend that patch get to clear_console() first, having it use the > > new escape sequence, if it isn't supported, shouldn't cause any > > problems, right? > > doko: would you consider, pretty please with a cherry on top, applying the > patch I've sent to this bug? The privacy/security issue is pretty minor and > applies only to a tiny fraction of users, but I understand why Greg is > reluctant. # Subject: Bug#845177 closed by Matthias Klose <doko@xxxxxxxxxx> # # This is an automatic notification regarding your Bug report # which was filed against the bash package: # # #845177: clear_console: assumes VT switch clears scrollback # # It has been closed by Matthias Klose <doko@xxxxxxxxxx>. [...] # Changes: # * clear_console: Securely erase the current console. Closes: #845177. -- Autotools hint: to do a zx-spectrum build on a pdp11 host, type: ./configure --host=zx-spectrum --build=pdp11 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-fbdev" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
