[task #15694] pdflatex: why allow write18 with -shell-escape?

[Boud Roukema]

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                 Summary: pdflatex: why allow write18 with -shell-escape?
                 Project: Reproducible paper template
            Submitted by: boud
            Submitted on: Sun 14 Jun 2020 03:56:13 PM UTC
         Should Start On: Sun 14 Jun 2020 12:00:00 AM UTC
   Should be Finished on: Sun 14 Jun 2020 12:00:00 AM UTC
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                Priority: 5 - Normal
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Details:

In _reproduce/analysis/make/paper.mk_, we have


    103           pdflatex -shell-escape -halt-on-error $$p/paper.tex


but the _info pdflatex_ page says

>        -shell-escape
>              Enable the \write18{command} construct.  The command can be any
shell command.  This construct is normally disallowed for security reasons.

Why should this security concern be overridden?





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