Re: [9fans] Debian bug 737206 - rc shell uses insecurely /tmp

[erik quanstrom <quanstro@quanstro.net>]

> Now look at that number: 40.  Four decades.  During that time there
> has been any amount of foolish crud added to this or that kernel,
> distribution ,graphics subsystem, standards, ...  but instead of
> fixing it after 4 0 years, we get notes explaining that it's the
> application's business, in this case the shell, or perhaps the
> underlying library, to try to address "security issues" instead of
> fixing it, once for all.  After 40 years (more than a generation).

+1.  this is really an important point.  think of all the mega person
years you could save by doing the simple, systemic things to make
the job of maintaining system easier.

- erik