Re: charset.alias in pkexec/glib/gnulib

[Jakub Wilk <jwilk () jwilk net>]

* Jakub Wilk <jwilk () jwilk net>, 2017-06-23, 20:23:
> * Tavis Ormandy <taviso () cmpxchg8b com>, 2014-07-13, 18:59:
> > because pkexec links to glib, the built-in iconv/gconv conversion 
> > stuff is used by default. This allows you to setup aliases, which 
> > are of the form "charset <arbitrary alias>", for example:
> >
> >
> > $ echo "UTF-7 ThisIsAnAlias" > charset.alias
> > $ CHARSET=ThisIsAnAlias CHARSETALIASDIR=$(pwd) pkexec
> > pkexec --version +AHw
> >      --help +AHw
> >      --disable-internal-agent +AHw
> >      +AFs---user username+AF0 PROGRAM +AFs-ARGUMENTS...+AF0

I believe this was fixed in glib 2.63.6:
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/glib/commit/3529bb4450a51995

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Jakub Wilk