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Re: [PATCH 1/2] report bad ELF interpreter if it causes exec to fail

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From: Bart Schaefer <schaefer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] report bad ELF interpreter if it causes exec to fail
Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2015 08:51:51 -0700
Cc: Kamil Dudka <kdudka@xxxxxxxxxx>
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On Fri, Apr 17, 2015 at 8:41 AM, Philippe Troin <phil@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Bug: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/711067
>
> This is such a corner case.
> It shouldn't be the shell's job to reinterpret the errno codes returned
> by the underlying OS.
> This patch does not belong in the shell code IMHO, but at a lower-level.

My thoughts exactly.  This is NOT the shell's responsibility and I
recommend rejecting this patch.

References:
- [PATCH 1/2] report bad ELF interpreter if it causes exec to fail
  - From: Kamil Dudka
- Re: [PATCH 1/2] report bad ELF interpreter if it causes exec to fail
  - From: Philippe Troin

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