Review Request 128219: No longer allow installing to generic data folder because of security hole.

Jeremy Whiting jpwhiting at kde.org
Fri Aug 12 18:58:17 UTC 2016


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(Updated Aug. 12, 2016, 12:58 p.m.)


Review request for KDE Frameworks, David Faure and Richard Moore.


Changes
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Removed StandardResource "data" altogether since it's not used anymore.


Repository: knewstuff


Description
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When an application uses TargetDir=/ or StandardResource=data give a warning on the terminal and don't use the chosen location.


Diffs (updated)
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  src/core/installation.cpp a027418 

Diff: https://git.reviewboard.kde.org/r/128219/diff/


Testing
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No testing done yet, will write a unit test of some kind if this is the right direction.


Thanks,

Jeremy Whiting

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