ruther review

[ikiwiki.git] / doc / plugins / contrib / cvs / discussion.mdwn

diff --git a/doc/plugins/contrib/cvs/discussion.mdwn b/doc/plugins/contrib/cvs/discussion.mdwn
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--- a/doc/plugins/contrib/cvs/discussion.mdwn
+++ b/doc/plugins/contrib/cvs/discussion.mdwn
@@ -49,6 +49,13 @@ the "cvs add <directory>" call and avoid doing anything in that case?
 >>>>> generating a minimal wrapper wrapper that checks for just
 >>>>> this one thing? --[[schmonz]]
 
+>>>>>> I don't see how there could possibly be a difference between
+>>>>>> ikiwiki's C wrapper and your shell wrapper wrapper here. --[[Joey]]
+
+>>>>>>> I was comparing strings overly precisely. Fixed on my branch.
+>>>>>>> I've also knocked off the two most pressing to-do items. I
+>>>>>>> think the plugin's ready for prime time. --[[schmonz]]
+
 > Thing 2 I'm less sure of. (I'd like to see the web UI return
 > immediately on save anyway, to a temporary "rebuilding, please wait
 > if you feel like knowing when it's done" page, but this problem
@@ -86,3 +93,32 @@ the "cvs add <directory>" call and avoid doing anything in that case?
 >>> if a configured post-commit hook is missing, and it seems fine,
 >>> probably also thanks to IPC::Cmd.
 >>> --[[schmonz]]
+
+----
+
+
+Further review.. --[[Joey]] 
+
+I don't understand what `cvs_shquote_commit` is
+trying to do with the test message, but it seems
+highly likely to be insecure; I never trust anything 
+that relies on safely quoting user input passed to the shell. 
+
+(As an aside, `shell_quote` can die on certian inputs.)
+
+Seems to me that, if `IPC::Cmd` exposes input to the shell
+(which I have not verified but its docs don't specify; a bad sign)
+you chose the wrong tool and ended up doing down the wrong
+route, dragging in shell quoting problems and fixes. Since you
+chose to use `IPC::Cmd`        just because you wanted to shut
+up CVS stderr, my suggestion would be to use plain `system`
+to run the command, with stderr temporarily sent to /dev/null:
+
+       open(my $savederr, ">&STDERR");
+       open(STDERR, ">", "/dev/null");
+       my $ret=system("cvs", "-Q", @_);
+       open(STDERR, ">$savederr");
+
+`cvs_runcvs` should not take an array reference. It's
+usual for this type of function to take a list of parameters
+to pass to the command.