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From:
Todd C. Miller <millert@openbsd.org>
Subject:
Re: less: fix escaping of newlines in paths
To:
"Theo de Raadt" <deraadt@openbsd.org>
Cc:
Philip Guenther <guenther@gmail.com>, Theo Buehler <tb@theobuehler.org>, tech@openbsd.org
Date:
Sat, 13 Apr 2024 17:50:32 -0600

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On Sat, 13 Apr 2024 17:14:21 -0600, "Theo de Raadt" wrote:

> Philip Guenther <guenther@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Huh, I'm surprised we didn't delete LESSOPEN support, given how it's histor
> ically been
> > a great source of security issues from argument passing and bad handling by
>  the
> > programs the common lessopen scripts invoke.
>
> No kidding.
>
> I'll say the same: can we delete it?

Our zless doesn't rely on it so I'm all for nuking it.

 - todd