linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] docs: Makefile: Add -no-shell-escape option to LATEXOPTS

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Date:   Tue, 15 Feb 2022 16:09:53 -0700
From:   Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
To:     Akira Yokosawa <akiyks@...il.com>
Cc:     linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Akira Yokosawa <akiyks@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] docs: Makefile: Add -no-shell-escape option to LATEXOPTS

Akira Yokosawa <akiyks@...il.com> writes:

> I don't think the "restricted \write18 enabled" mode permits *arbitrary*
> shell commands.  This is different from adding -shell-escape, rather the
> default option is -shell-restricted.  In this mode, only those commands
> listed by "kpsewhich -var-value=shell_escape_commands" are allowed.

Ah, OK, I stand corrected on that, thanks.  It's still worth turning
off, but it wasn't quite as bad as I'd feared.  Now that I've thoroughly
showed my ignorance I think I'll just go get busy with something
else..:)

Thanks,

jon