On Thu, Sep 08, 2016 at 11:19:47AM +0100, Ian Jackson wrote: > Dominic Hargreaves writes ("Upcoming change to perl: current directory in > @INC"): > > tl;dr: '.' is being removed from perl's @INC by default; some breakage > > in apps expected. > > I seem to have missed this. So, belatedly: > > Hooray! > > Thank you for taking care of our users' security. I'm pleased to see > Debian getting this change early. Please carry on.
Thanks :) > And: is there a way I can make this change in an installation of > jessie or earlier ? That would be useful for various testing > purposes, and also might be appropriate in production systems where > security is importand and breakage has a limited impact and can be > fixed easily. Yes, very easily - just uncomment the last line in /etc/perl/sitecustomize.pl, on any up-to-date jessie or wheezy system. Cheers, Dominic.