Re^5: setuid script won't behave in 5.10, but did in 5.8

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Re^6: setuid script won't behave in 5.10, but did in 5.8 by isidore (Initiate) on Mar 23, 2010 at 08:28 UTC
I found some hints in that list, thanks! The perlsec page does mention the deprecation of suidperl deep down at the bottom. I have the impression that the construct `($>, $<) = ($<, $>)` [download] is still supported, it's just that the package suidperl won't be. It also suggests a solution to the deprecation of suidperl - so it seems my life has been saved :))). Thanks to those who responded.	[reply] [d/l]
Re^7: setuid script won't behave in 5.10, but did in 5.8 by Anonymous Monk on Apr 27, 2010 at 05:48 UTC
I've just tried perl 5.10.1 as supplied with the Ubuntu 10.04 pre-release, and IT IS STILL BROKEN :-((((( Because of this I will now have a large chunk of urgent unplanned work to find and implement an alternative to the elegant approach I had using suid. 1000 years purgatory to all programmers who think that the presence of a test package releases them from the need to think about what they are doing.	[reply]