git/list[1] front-page[2] threads[3] people[4] search[5] about
 

Re: [PATCH] Make verify-tag a builtin.

From
Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date
Jul 23, 2007, 22:32 UTC
Message-ID
<Pine.LNX.4.64.0707232332000.14781@racer.site>
In-Reply-To
<1b46aba20707231531i4e05858foef3ee81479e559de@mail.gmail.com>
Hi,
On Tue, 24 Jul 2007, Carlos Rica wrote:
Show 8 quoted lines
> 2007/7/23, Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>:
> > Just one request: please use lock_file, to prevent multiple instances from
> > getting confused...  Even if that cannot be 100% secure: if you write to
> > the file, and only then start gpg, there is still the odd chance for an
> > attacker.  Even if you created the file with 0600 (very wise, BTW).
> 
> Why not using also a random name for the temporary file?
> Something like "VTAG_TMP30946".
Yes, makes sense.  One call to mkstemp() away.

Ciao, Dscho

Previous: Carlos Rica
Message 6 of 6 in “Make verify-tag a builtin.”
  1. Make verify-tag a builtin.Carlos Rica, Jul 23, 2007
  2. Johannes SchindelinJul 23, 2007
  3. Carlos RicaJul 23, 2007
  4. Johannes SchindelinJul 23, 2007
  5. Carlos RicaJul 23, 2007
  6. Johannes SchindelinJul 23, 2007

Read the whole thread, see it on lore, or plain text.

$ cat FOOTERMessages come from the public archive at lore.kernel.org/git, fetched every hour. The front page is chosen and written each morning by an AI editor and can be wrong; the threads themselves are the record. About and API. For agents: an MCP server at https://gitlist.dev/mcp, and any thread, story or person page as Markdown by adding .md to its URL (or sending Accept: text/markdown). Details in /llms.txt.