Frank Küster wrote: > [Summary for the buildd people: We still need your input] > > Thiemo Seufer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> > sudo mkdir -p /tmp/texfonts/source/jknappen/ec > >> > sudo mkdir -p /tmp/texfonts/tfm/jknappen/ec > >> > make -C docs/psdoc > >> > > >> > So somewhere, there is a very, very wrong assumption that it's ok to use > >> > a > >> > fixed, user-invariant path under /tmp for writing out fonts. > >> > >> I do not think that this is a bug, and anyway it's unrelated to the > >> FTBFS problem. Previously fonts were created below /var, but this was > >> regarded as a security risk because users would be able to completely > >> fill up /var. Now the font cache is in the users' directories, and only > >> as a fallback it is in /tmp/texfonts. > > > > So, if I understand that correctly, the bug was fixed by running mktexmf > > as non-root, and the change of the cache location is only a collateral. > > No, or I do not understand what you mean.
I meant the the earlier security bug you mentioned. To me, the solution for the earlier bug as well as the current one looks like keeping the font cache in /var but maintaining it via a mktexmf user. Thiemo