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Date:	Fri, 18 Mar 2011 17:23:40 +0100
From:	David Sastre <d DOT sastre DOT medina AT gmail DOT com>
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Subject:	Re: Problems with the new base-files-4.0-5?
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On Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 02:17:14PM +0000, Andy Koppe wrote:
> On 18 March 2011 13:46, David Sastre wrote:
> > All [[, have been changed to a portable [ test.
> > I've changed `test -a' for a portable `test -e', and the -a operator
> > in the user's home ownership test to a chained test:
> >
> > elif [ ! -O "${HOME}" ] && [ "${HOME#/home/}" !=3D "${HOME}" ]; then ...
>=20
> Even though that home ownership test was partly my idea, I think it
> should simply be dropped, because it doesn't actually address the
> security issue it was supposed to address and the warning is likely to
> cause unnecessary alarm to users with unusual yet legitimate setups.

IIRC, the point was that some apps expect $HOME to be owned by the
user in order to operate correctly.

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