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Re: [PATCH v2] gc: use temporary file for editing crontab

From
Derrick Stolee <derrickstolee@github.com>
Date
Aug 30, 2022, 13:27 UTC
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<e851e646-1daa-a77c-5d27-fd7c4445c2ce@github.com>
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<20220828214143.754759-1-sandals@crustytoothpaste.net>
On 8/28/2022 5:41 PM, brian m. carlson wrote:
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> While cron is specified by POSIX, there are a wide variety of
> implementations in use.  On FreeBSD, the cron implementation requires a
> file name argument: if the user wants to edit standard input, they must
> specify "-".  However, this notation is not specified by POSIX, allowing
> the possibility that making such a change may break other, less common
> implementations.
> 
> Since POSIX tells us that cron must accept a file name argument, let's
> solve this problem by specifying a temporary file instead.  This will
> ensure that we work with the vast majority of implementations.
> 
> Note that because delete_tempfile closes the file for us, we should not
> call fclose here on the handle, since doing so will introduce a double
> free.
> 
> Reported-by: Renato Botelho <garga@FreeBSD.org>
> Signed-off-by: brian m. carlson <sandals@crustytoothpaste.net>
> ---
> Changes from v1:
> 
> * Use `goto out;` in additional places.
> * Fix broken test.
> * Use `delete_tempfile`.
> * Improve commit message to mention `fclose` rationale.
Thanks for this update. It resolves all of my concerns from v1.

Thanks, -Stolee

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  3. Todd ZullingerAug 13, 2022
  4. Junio C HamanoAug 13, 2022
  5. Đoàn Trần Công DanhAug 13, 2022
  6. Junio C HamanoAug 13, 2022
  7. brian m. carlsonAug 13, 2022
  8. Derrick StoleeAug 15, 2022
  9. Junio C HamanoAug 15, 2022
  10. gc: use temporary file for editing crontabbrian m. carlson, Aug 23, 2022
  11. Johannes SchindelinAug 23, 2022
  12. Derrick StoleeAug 23, 2022
  13. brian m. carlsonAug 23, 2022
  14. Junio C HamanoAug 24, 2022
  15. gc: use temporary file for editing crontabbrian m. carlson, Aug 28, 2022
  16. Junio C HamanoAug 29, 2022
  17. Renato BotelhoAug 29, 2022
  18. Derrick StoleeAug 30, 2022
  19. test-crontab: minor memory and error handling fixesJeff King, Aug 30, 2022

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