On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 1:55 PM, Zach Welch<z...@superlucidity.net> wrote: > On Wed, 2009-07-08 at 12:47 +0200, Øyvind Harboe wrote: >> How is the attached patch? > > The NEWS file details the migration of the installed scripts from > $(pkglibdir) to $(pkgdatadir)/scripts; the former should not be used > anymore, and custom scripts migrated into $(pkgdatadir)/site/. This > patch will prevent us from forcing this migration, as the old location > will continue to be be used. So it might fix the bug, but it seems bad. > > However, this particular example shows how our searching for files may > be insufficient. Presently, there is no way to enforce a separation > between script files and executable files (if such is desired).
I don't think we need or want to distinguish between the debug_handler.bin and other executables for the target(e.g. at91eb40a flash driver) and scripts. > The effect of this would be to allow a site to install read-only binary > files that may be used by read-write scripts. In reality, I think ACLs > make this proposition more meaningful, but others can comment on the > concept of privilege separation. Am I taking that idea too far here? To the host OS the target executables are not executables, are they? > Does this seem sane? I don't understand why you need or want to distinguish between target executables and scripts. -- Øyvind Harboe Embedded software and hardware consulting services http://www.zylin.com _______________________________________________ Openocd-development mailing list Openocd-development@lists.berlios.de https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/openocd-development
