tags #400294 confirmed thanks On Sat, Nov 25, 2006 at 01:54:08AM +0100, Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña wrote: > Exim4-config fails to detect if a user introduced non-ASCII characters > in the debconf prompt that might lead to an impromer /etc/mailname being > automatically generated on postinst.
Bad. > I don't think that exim4-config should allow non-ASCII characters in answer > to his configuration questions for the local mailname and other values. Agreed. We're going to introduce basic input sanitazion post-etch. Sorry, but this is simply too late for etch now. > Maybe this should be something requested of Debconf prompts as they > cannot handle non-ASCII information. Maybe a new 'string-ascii' type should > be selected that made Debconf printout an error (and remade the question) if > the user introduced invalid characteres there. I envision that many Debconf > questions cannot handle non-ASCII information and asking maintainer scripts > to code in that detection would be maybe too much. If you agree, please > reassign this bug to Debconf. Filed as #400316. Greetings Marc -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Marc Haber | "I don't trust Computers. They | Mailadresse im Header Mannheim, Germany | lose things." Winona Ryder | Fon: *49 621 72739834 Nordisch by Nature | How to make an American Quilt | Fax: *49 621 72739835 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
