On Mon, 22 Mar 2010 09:41:31 -0000, David Siegel <email address hidden> wrote:
> Very good catch, I've been meaning to report this for a while. I do
> suspect that it is not a paper cut as it may not be trivial to fix.
Indeed. The caller can't distinguish between cancel and an error.
I don't know if this is a concious decision for some sort of security
consideration, so I would be reluctant to change it without some
discussion with upstream. It is however more than a few minutes work,
and not really appropriate for this point in a release cycle anyway.
On Mon, 22 Mar 2010 09:41:31 -0000, David Siegel <email address hidden> wrote:
> Very good catch, I've been meaning to report this for a while. I do
> suspect that it is not a paper cut as it may not be trivial to fix.
Indeed. The caller can't distinguish between cancel and an error.
I don't know if this is a concious decision for some sort of security
consideration, so I would be reluctant to change it without some
discussion with upstream. It is however more than a few minutes work,
and not really appropriate for this point in a release cycle anyway.
Thanks,
James