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From: Florian Weimer <fw@deneb.enyo.de>
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Subject: Re: This is a simple question
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Jacob Sparre Andersen <sparre@nbi.dk> writes:

> I am only aware of two apparent defects in the current
> public version of GNAT. And only one of these is related to
> actual compilation of Ada programs. The other one is a
> _potential_ security hole in the compiler, when compiling on
> multi-user systems.

There is also a security problem when using the standard Ada library
to create temporary files.  The version in the GCC CVS contains a fix
(for GNU/Linux) which should not be too hard to backport.