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Re: [PATCH 2/2] ldd: Don't use Bash-only $"msgid" quoting


On Fri, Nov 23, 2012 at 11:17 AM, Joseph S. Myers
<joseph@codesourcery.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 22 Nov 2012, P. J. McDermott wrote:
>
>> 2012-11-22  P. J. McDermott  <pjm@nac.net>
>>
>>       * elf/ldd.bash.in: Use gettext utility and eval_gettext function instead
>>       of insecure and unportable Bash $"msgid" quoting.
>
> Note that avoiding $"" is part of bug 13853.  I haven't compared this
> patch with the WIP one attached to that bug.  But we do in any case want
> to eliminate use of $"" (whether a script at a time, or all together).

The patch I made for bug 13853 was a WIP, and I had not considered at the
time the repercussions of the change to scripts that will run on the users
system.

There is a medium-term issue that $"" should go away because it's being
deprecated for security reasons, but we must deal with that change in a
smooth and compatible fashion.

Cheers,
Carlos.


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