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bug#38422: Bug status? '.png' files with executable permissions
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zimoun |
Subject: |
bug#38422: Bug status? '.png' files with executable permissions |
Date: |
Wed, 22 Jan 2020 01:22:45 +0100 |
Dear Bengt,
The bug report [1] points out files with unexpected permission; based
on extension filename.
[1] https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=38422
It is not an security issue or the Guix packager did not carefully
check the validity of these files.
If you are security paranoid, you *have to* check by yourself all the
files using "guix build -S" because in paranoid mode you cannot trust
Guix packagers (and Guix committers neither).
In normal mode, 2 options:
a- propose a patch to change the permission for each offending package
b- report upstream
Well, at least these 3 packages docbook-xsl, faba-icon-theme, and
moka-icon-theme comes with unexpected .png file permission.
On the long term, I am not convinced that adding automatic check and
permission change based on filename extension would really add Quality
Assurance. Because we are speaking about quality, not security.
I am inclined to close this bug. What do you think?
All the best,
simon
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