linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/3] binfmt_script: rewrite using parse_shell

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Message-ID: <20090207212346.GA1120@epbyminw8406h.minsk.epam.com>
Date:	Sat, 7 Feb 2009 23:23:46 +0200
From:	"Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill@...temov.name>
To:	Matthew Garrett <mjg@...hat.com>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] binfmt_script: rewrite using parse_shell_args()

On Sat, Feb 07, 2009 at 04:33:06PM +0000, Matthew Garrett wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 05, 2009 at 10:47:43PM +0200, Kirill A. Shutemov wrote:
> > parse_shell_args() allows to use more than one argument in shebang
> 
> Surely this changes userspace ABI?

This patch break programs which use shabang like

#!/bin/foo a b

and expect that it will be interpreted as

/bin/foo "a b"

But I don't know a real world program witch use this hack.

-- 
Regards,  Kirill A. Shutemov
 + Belarus, Minsk
 + ALT Linux Team, http://www.altlinux.org/

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