KConfig and $HOME

[Oswald Buddenhagen]

On Wed, Oct 17, 2007 at 05:54:48PM +0200, Bernhard Loos wrote:
> I would really like to remove the possibility to execute shell
> statements and stick to environment variables.
>
errm ... no.

> It's very hard to get it platform independent
>
i don't see a problem here, actually. the basic rules are pretty much
the same.
i once planned to use kmacroexpander for this to allow proper quoting,
nesting, etc. - i actually wrote it with this possibility in mind.

> and I can't find any places where it's actually used or could be used.
>
of course it's not used anywhere in a standard install.
this code was added to facilitate scripting enterprise setups with
oodles of identical machines.

> It's also a security problem, because next nobody will expect the
> possibility to run code in config files.
>
huh? that's what [$e] is for.

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