Re: Variable use lib with taint (FindBin problem)

You'll probably get some better help if you explain a bit more about what you mean by "FindBin does not work with taint". What unexpected behaviour did you see? What errors did you get?

A small sample program that demonstrates the problem wouuld help too.

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Re^2: Variable use lib with taint (FindBin problem) by Anonymous Monk on Aug 17, 2004 at 14:51 UTC
To clarify, here is a sample program with the minimal amount of code needed to recreate the problem: `#!/usr/local/bin/perl -T use warnings; use strict; use FindBin qw/$Bin/; use lib "$Bin/../lib"; use Data::Dumper;` [download] Data::Dumper may be replaced with another module (I also tried CGI) with the same result. The error message is: `Insecure dependency in require while running with -T switch at ./test. +cgi line 11. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted` [download]	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^3: Variable use lib with taint (FindBin problem) by davorg (Chancellor) on Aug 17, 2004 at 15:06 UTC
You can untaint `$Bin` in a `BEGIN` block. `#!/usr/bin/perl -T use warnings; use strict; use FindBin qw/$Bin/; BEGIN { if ($Bin =~ m!([\w\./]+)!) { $Bin = $1; } else { die "Bad directory $Bin\n"; } } use lib "$Bin/../lib"; use Data::Dumper; print "Hello!!\n";` [download] -- <http://www.dave.org.uk> "The first rule of Perl club is you do not talk about Perl club." -- Chip Salzenberg	[reply] [d/l]
Re^4: Variable use lib with taint (FindBin problem) by Anonymous Monk on Aug 18, 2004 at 12:47 UTC
Thank you. That solved the problem.	[reply]
Variable use lib with taint (FindBin problem) Additional details by Anonymous Monk on Aug 17, 2004 at 14:55 UTC
I forgot a few more details. This is with perl 5.8.5. My expectation is that I should be able to use taint and still be able to get the information that FindBin delivers. I hope that this helps. janitored by ybiC: Retitle from "Addendum" because one-word nodetitles hinder site search	[reply]