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Re: [PATCH] git-shell needs $(COMPAT_OBJS)

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Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date
Jul 20, 2008, 22:35 UTC
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<alpine.DEB.1.00.0807210034050.3305@eeepc-johanness>
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Hi,
On Sun, 20 Jul 2008, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> Why do we care about the size of git-shell so much in the first place 
> anyway to begin with?

It was not me who proposed it, but I guess it was for auditing purposes: git-shell is often the only point of entry for certain untrusted ssh users, and the less code is linked, the less code has to be analyzed for reachability (and then for security holes).

Ciao, Dscho

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