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List:       kde-commits
Subject:    Re: kdegraphics/kpdf/kpdf [POSSIBLY UNSAFE]
From:       Albert Astals Cid <tsdgeos () terra ! es>
Date:       2004-09-14 20:07:36
Message-ID: 200409142207.36821.tsdgeos () terra ! es
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A Dimarts 14 Setembre 2004 22:01, David Faure va escriure:
> On Tuesday 14 September 2004 21:56, Albert Astals Cid wrote:
> > What problem do you have with it?
> >
> > I ask something along the lines of
> >
> > "Do you want to execute %1" where %1 is the command plus the arguments
> >
> > I don't see any problem with that. Is the user who decides if he wants to
> > execute the program or not.
>
> And what should my mother answer to "Do you want to execute rm -rf $HOME" ?

Everybody should know he has to answer no to something he does not understand, 
it is a basic computers knowledge.

> You have not answered "there is no legitimate use for this feature". Why
> should a PDF run any kind of command on my system, even after asking me??

No idea.

So you are all basically saying that having a program that follows pdf 
specification is bad?

Albert

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