I posted here several months ago regarding a security alert on bugtraq regarding Safe. Recently, I've been made aware of an email exchange in the past week with tbunce regarding Safe in which he says:
Tim Bunce <xxxxx@xxxxx.xxxxx> writes: > Safe was a failed experiment. I don't maintain it. > > Tim. > > On Sun, Dec 19, 2004 at 02:23:07AM +0000, Terrence Brannon wrote: >> Hi Tim, >> >> I am trying to update a CPAN module named Resources: >> >> http://search.cpan.org/dist/Resources >> >> After running make test on it, the module opens an editor and then >> after I exit the editor, the test fails with this error: >> >> (in cleanup) Can't use an undefined value as a symbol refere +nce >> at /usr/lib/perl/5.8/Safe.pm line 99 during global destructi +on. >> >> The reason I am writing you about this is twofold: >> >> 1/ the AUTHOR section indicates you were the last to update Safe >> 2/ the AUTHOR section has an old email address for you which you mi +ght >> want to change: >> >> xxxxx@xxxxx.xxxxx >> >> Cheers, >> Terrence >>
I don't know about you, but that bothers me significantly. However, I haven't seen anything anywhere regarding this. What information do others have regarding the safety of Safe?
Edited by Chady -- obscured email address.
Update: I added the whole email thread as it was given to me.
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