Re: [Bug-wget] Wget 1.20.3 on Solaris

[Tim Rühsen]

On 5/2/19 2:15 PM, Darshit Shah wrote:
> That is a terrible suggestion. Please don't do that or suggest it.
> I'm sure Jeffrey here is capable of knowing what this is and what the
> implications of such a binary are. 

I wouldn't call it 'terrible', but it's definitely not a good idea for
multi-user production environments :-)

It demonstrates the principle for a system where absolutely nothing else
uses python3 - that's what Jeff was claiming. And so nothing breaks.
It is even not easily possible (or just unwanted !?) to install python3;
if it was easy, Jeff wouldn't have posted the question, I guess.

> However, this is a publicly archived mailing list. People will find this when
> they search the web in the future (not necessarily related to the same issue)
> and this will break their systems in very confusing ways.

Having in mind what someone *could understand in the future* without
accounting the surrounding context... then let's not write anything at
all ;-)

> Making a fake binary in /usr/bin is something that should be done _very_ 
> _very_
> carefully.

Never said, you should make it without thinking. Having root access to
do so implies some qualifications. At least I am not afraid, that the
python3 fake shit lands on some heart-lung apparatus.

But as I said, it was just to demonstrate the principle. You could also
put that file into some homedir subdirectory and add the dir to the
front of your $PATH variable.

Regards, Tim

> 
> * Tim Rühsen <address@hidden> [190502 14:10]:
>> On 5/2/19 10:09 AM, Tim Rühsen wrote:
>>> On 5/2/19 10:02 AM, Jeffrey Walton wrote:
>>>> On Thu, May 2, 2019 at 4:00 AM Tim Rühsen <address@hidden> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi Jeff,
>>>>>
>>>>> On 5/1/19 11:38 PM, Jeffrey Walton wrote:
>>>>>> On Wed, May 1, 2019 at 3:51 PM Tim Rühsen <address@hidden> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> could you post e.g. the content of tests/Test-504.log ?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Yes, attached.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Do you want an account on the box. I keep it around for testing, and I
>>>>>> can make you admin. You can connect to it with 'ssh
>>>>>> address@hidden'. If so, send over your authorized_keys.
>>>>>
>>>>> thanks for the offer, but this issue is not Solaris specific.
>>>>> But if the need arises, I have access to the OpenCSW Solaris boxes :-)
>>>>>
>>>>> Please check README.checkout which lists python3 as requirement for
>>>>> running the tests in testenv/ (as Darshit also pointed out).
>>>>
>>>> Ack, thanks.
>>>>
>>>> Since I got you on the line, how do I disable them. There is no need
>>>> to run them if all they are going to do is fail. I did not see a
>>>> configure option.
>>>
>>> Maybe the easiest way is before you bootstrap / autoconf (in the project
>>> main dir):
>>>
>>>   sed -i 's/ testenv//g' Makefile.am
>>>
>>
>> Another way to do this once and forever:
>> create /usr/bin/python3 with content
>>   exit 77
>> and chmod a+x it.
>>
>> If in doubt about the path, consult your $PATH variable.
>>
>> Regards, Tim
>>
> 
> 
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