From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS22989 209.51.188.0/24 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.1 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED, SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: from lists.gnu.org (lists.gnu.org [209.51.188.17]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B72211F462 for ; Fri, 14 Jun 2019 21:49:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost ([::1]:55512 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.86_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hbu4D-0002UO-4w for normalperson@yhbt.net; Fri, 14 Jun 2019 17:49:01 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:46359) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.86_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hbu2f-0001xW-5t for bug-gnulib@gnu.org; Fri, 14 Jun 2019 17:47:26 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hbu2d-0005EA-T5 for bug-gnulib@gnu.org; Fri, 14 Jun 2019 17:47:25 -0400 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:44912) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hbu2d-0005DK-Jc for bug-gnulib@gnu.org; Fri, 14 Jun 2019 17:47:23 -0400 Received: from smtp.corp.redhat.com (int-mx02.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.12]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 369F285545; Fri, 14 Jun 2019 21:47:22 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [10.3.116.85] (ovpn-116-85.phx2.redhat.com [10.3.116.85]) by smtp.corp.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 8F7FF60CA3; Fri, 14 Jun 2019 21:47:21 +0000 (UTC) Subject: Re: Alpine: useless-if-before-free: Exec format error To: Bruno Haible , bug-gnulib@gnu.org References: <365b73af-3fb2-bd69-e3a2-3cc4cebc4ef9@gmx.de> <24ec298f-bba4-7f80-5624-548fb0d3c77a@cs.ucla.edu> <2745792.tArxWL6UUE@omega> From: Eric Blake Openpgp: preference=signencrypt Autocrypt: addr=eblake@redhat.com; keydata= xsBNBEvHyWwBCACw7DwsQIh0kAbUXyqhfiKAKOTVu6OiMGffw2w90Ggrp4bdVKmCaEXlrVLU xphBM8mb+wsFkU+pq9YR621WXo9REYVIl0FxKeQo9dyQBZ/XvmUMka4NOmHtFg74nvkpJFCD TUNzmqfcjdKhfFV0d7P/ixKQeZr2WP1xMcjmAQY5YvQ2lUoHP43m8TtpB1LkjyYBCodd+LkV GmCx2Bop1LSblbvbrOm2bKpZdBPjncRNob73eTpIXEutvEaHH72LzpzksfcKM+M18cyRH+nP sAd98xIbVjm3Jm4k4d5oQyE2HwOur+trk2EcxTgdp17QapuWPwMfhaNq3runaX7x34zhABEB AAHNHkVyaWMgQmxha2UgPGVibGFrZUByZWRoYXQuY29tPsLAegQTAQgAJAIbAwULCQgHAwUV CgkICwUWAgMBAAIeAQIXgAUCS8fL9QIZAQAKCRCnoWtKJSdDahBHCACbl/5FGkUqJ89GAjeX RjpAeJtdKhujir0iS4CMSIng7fCiGZ0fNJCpL5RpViSo03Q7l37ss+No+dJI8KtAp6ID+PMz wTJe5Egtv/KGUKSDvOLYJ9WIIbftEObekP+GBpWP2+KbpADsc7EsNd70sYxExD3liwVJYqLc Rw7so1PEIFp+Ni9A1DrBR5NaJBnno2PHzHPTS9nmZVYm/4I32qkLXOcdX0XElO8VPDoVobG6 gELf4v/vIImdmxLh/w5WctUpBhWWIfQDvSOW2VZDOihm7pzhQodr3QP/GDLfpK6wI7exeu3P pfPtqwa06s1pae3ad13mZGzkBdNKs1HEm8x6zsBNBEvHyWwBCADGkMFzFjmmyqAEn5D+Mt4P zPdO8NatsDw8Qit3Rmzu+kUygxyYbz52ZO40WUu7EgQ5kDTOeRPnTOd7awWDQcl1gGBXgrkR pAlQ0l0ReO57Q0eglFydLMi5bkwYhfY+TwDPMh3aOP5qBXkm4qIYSsxb8A+i00P72AqFb9Q7 3weG/flxSPApLYQE5qWGSXjOkXJv42NGS6o6gd4RmD6Ap5e8ACo1lSMPfTpGzXlt4aRkBfvb NCfNsQikLZzFYDLbQgKBA33BDeV6vNJ9Cj0SgEGOkYyed4I6AbU0kIy1hHAm1r6+sAnEdIKj cHi3xWH/UPrZW5flM8Kqo14OTDkI9EtlABEBAAHCwF8EGAEIAAkFAkvHyWwCGwwACgkQp6Fr SiUnQ2q03wgAmRFGDeXzc58NX0NrDijUu0zx3Lns/qZ9VrkSWbNZBFjpWKaeL1fdVeE4TDGm I5mRRIsStjQzc2R9b+2VBUhlAqY1nAiBDv0Qnt+9cLiuEICeUwlyl42YdwpmY0ELcy5+u6wz mK/jxrYOpzXKDwLq5k4X+hmGuSNWWAN3gHiJqmJZPkhFPUIozZUCeEc76pS/IUN72NfprZmF Dp6/QDjDFtfS39bHSWXKVZUbqaMPqlj/z6Ugk027/3GUjHHr8WkeL1ezWepYDY7WSoXwfoAL 2UXYsMAr/uUncSKlfjvArhsej0S4zbqim2ZY6S8aRWw94J3bSvJR+Nwbs34GPTD4Pg== Organization: Red Hat, Inc. Message-ID: <80967afc-a43a-47a0-0234-0f6344d1bd7f@redhat.com> Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2019 16:47:20 -0500 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:60.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/60.6.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <2745792.tArxWL6UUE@omega> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Language: en-US X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.79 on 10.5.11.12 X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.5.16 (mx1.redhat.com [10.5.110.28]); Fri, 14 Jun 2019 21:47:22 +0000 (UTC) Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 209.132.183.28 X-BeenThere: bug-gnulib@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: Gnulib discussion list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: =?UTF-8?Q?Tim_R=c3=bchsen?= , Paul Eggert Errors-To: bug-gnulib-bounces+normalperson=yhbt.net@gnu.org Sender: "bug-gnulib" On 6/14/19 4:28 PM, Bruno Haible wrote: > Tim R=C3=BChsen wrote: >> Do you think it makes more sense to open a bug at busybox then ? >=20 > I don't think so. Execution of scripts without shebang is considered > legacy. Quoting : >=20 > "Note that, even in systems with full kernel support for the #! magic= number, > some scripts lacking interpreter directives (although usually still > requiring execute permission) are still runnable by virtue of the le= gacy > script handling of the Bourne shell, still present in many of its mo= dern > descendants. Scripts are then interpreted by the user's default shel= l." >=20 Conversely, POSIX requires that execution by 'sh' is the expected behavior when #! is missing, and that use of #! renders a script non-portable: https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/V3_chap02.html= #tag_18_01 "The shell reads its input from a file (see sh), from the -c option or from the system() and popen() functions defined in the System Interfaces volume of POSIX.1-2017. If the first line of a file of shell commands starts with the characters "#!", the results are unspecified." --=20 Eric Blake, Principal Software Engineer Red Hat, Inc. +1-919-301-3226 Virtualization: qemu.org | libvirt.org