To make them safe for what? Most most applications, untaint_path might remove the taint flag, but it doesn't make sure they're safe first.

Safe to use in qx//; in taint mode Earlier, I set $ENV{PATH} to q{}. This means I need to use complete paths to every file or command I use and they need to be untainted to prevent the 'insecure dependency' error.

I had forgotten about argv[0]. Now you have led me to realize that running under -T will not really buying me anything here without additional checking.

Hopefully this conversation will remind others to not complacently assume untainted eq secure if nothing else.