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authorwlemb <wlemb>2000-11-13 16:51:26 +0000
committerwlemb <wlemb>2000-11-13 16:51:26 +0000
commitb4daf3b0fd8f8efd95141f6375003e26b822da36 (patch)
tree9310440a358a56eb9a73662e730fcb434ab5fe06 /NEWS
parent9ab09435852a552b6ea5acb3879d398c743ea44e (diff)
downloadgroff-b4daf3b0fd8f8efd95141f6375003e26b822da36.tar.gz
For security reasons, don't use the current directory but the home
directory while searching and scanning troffrc and troffrc-end. Similarly, replace the current directory with the home directory in the font path. * Makefile.in (fontpath, tmacpath): Remove current directory. * src/libs/libgroff/searchpath.cc (search_path::search_path): Add two parameters `add_home' and `add_current'. (search_path::~search_path, search_path::command_line_dir, search_path::open_file): Remove tests for `dirs' being zero. * src/include/searchpath.h: Adjust. * src/libs/libgroff/macropath.cc, src/include/macropath.h: Add `safer_macro_path'. * src/libs/libgroff/fontfile.cc: Adjust `font_path'. * src/roff/troff/troff.h: Add `searchpath.h' and `mac_path'. * src/roff/troff/input.cc: Use `mac_path', initialized with `macro_path'. (process_startup_file): Set `mac_path' to `safer_macro_path'. * src/roff/troff/env.cc: Use `mac_path'. * src/preproc/eqn/main.cc (main): Use `safer_macro_path'. * NEWS, man/roff.man, src/roff/troff/troff.man, src/rof/groff/groff.man, tmac/groff_tmac.man, arch/djgpp/README: Updated. * src/include/lib.h: Don't include groff-getopt.h for OSF/1. * aclocal.m4 (GROFF_SYS_ERRLIST): Do test in C, not in C++. * configure.in: Fix typo in comment. * configure: Regenerated. * src/libgroff/*, src/include/*, src/roff/troff/*: Fixing copyright dates.
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@@ -58,10 +58,18 @@ Miscellaneous
For security reasons the following changes have been done:
- . The tmac.safer file has been replaced with a built-in solution;
- .open, .opena, .pso, .sy, and .pi are completely disabled in
- safer mode (which is the default); to enable these requests the `-U'
- command line flag must be used.
+ . The tmac.safer file has been replaced with a built-in solution; .open,
+ .opena, .pso, .sy, and .pi are completely disabled in safer mode (which
+ is the default); to enable these requests the `-U' command line flag
+ must be used.
+
+ . The files troffrc, troffrc-end, and eqnrc are no longer searched in the
+ current directory (besides the usual tmac path). Instead, the home
+ directory is used. While scanning these files, the same secure macro
+ path is active.
+
+ . Similarly, the current directory is no longer part of the font path; it
+ has been replaced with the home directory.
groff will now install its data files into /usr/local/share/groff/<version>
by default, following the GNU standard. Additionally, a local tmac