Sorry you had an unproductive day. I've had a few like that myself.

After correcting myself and being corrected by others, I beg to differ slightly with your final conclusion. 

  use lib "./";

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actually does have security implications. If "./" is first in the module searh list, then a file called,for example, "CGI.pm," in the directory your script runs in, would alter the effect a use CGI; directive would have, if it appeared after the first use statement. In other words, you could be vulnerable to a trojan horse attack.

Of course, since "./" appears in the load path by default after all the other paths, this danger is considerably lessened. But for myself, I still dislike relying on a relative path to load code. When you don't have absolute control of the working directory your script will run from, it's better to use absolute paths for security's sake.

In reply to Re^2: use lib './' security safe? by hbo
in thread use lib './' security safe? by SavannahLion

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