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3562e384
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2017-09-16T13:03:36
Prefer https: URLs In Gnulib, Emacs, etc. we are changing ftp: and http: URLs to use https:, to discourage man-in-the-middle attacks when downloading software. The attached patch propagates these changes upstream to Automake. This patch does not affect files that Automake is downstream of, which I'll patch separately. Althouth the resources are not secret, plain HTTP is vulnerable to malicious routers that tamper with responses from GNU servers, and this sort of thing is all too common when people in some other countries browse US-based websites. See, for example: Aceto G, Botta A, Pescapé A, Awan MF, Ahmad T, Qaisar S. Analyzing internet censorship in Pakistan. RTSI 2016. https://dx.doi.org/10.1109/RTSI.2016.7740626 HTTPS is not a complete solution here, but it can be a significant help. The GNU project regularly serves up code to users, so we should take some care here.
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#! /bin/sh
# Copyright (C) 2012-2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
#
# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
# any later version.
#
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
# GNU General Public License for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
# along with this program. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
# Check that 'dist-hook' works. See automake bug#10878.
. test-init.sh
echo AC_OUTPUT >> configure.ac
cat > Makefile.am <<'END'
EXTRA_DIST = write execute removed doc
removed:
echo I will be deleted > $@
DISTCLEANFILES = removed
dist-hook:
chmod u+w $(distdir)/write $(distdir)/doc
chmod u+x $(distdir)/execute
rm -f $(distdir)/removed
rm -f $(distdir)/doc/HACKING
rm -f $(distdir)/doc/RELEASE-DATE
date > $(distdir)/doc/RELEASE-DATE
echo all is ok > $(distdir)/write
check-local:
ls -l $(srcdir) $(srcdir)/doc
test "`cat $(srcdir)/write`" = "all is ok"
test -f $(srcdir)/doc/README
test -f $(srcdir)/doc/RELEASE-DATE
test ! -f $(srcdir)/removed
test ! -r $(srcdir)/removed
test ! -f $(srcdir)/doc/HACKING
test ! -r $(srcdir)/doc/HACKING
$(srcdir)/execute
$(srcdir)/execute | grep 'I run successfully'
## Sanity check.
echo ok > $(srcdir)/../distcheck-run
END
$ACLOCAL
$AUTOMAKE
$AUTOCONF
./configure
mkdir doc
: > doc/README
: > doc/HACKING
echo will be clobbered > write
cat > execute <<'END'
#!/bin/sh
echo I run successfully
END
chmod a-w write
chmod a-x execute
$MAKE distdir
ls -l $distdir $distdir/doc
cd $distdir
test "$(cat write)" = "all is ok"
test ! -e removed
test -f doc/README
test -f doc/RELEASE-DATE
test ! -e doc/HACING
./execute
./execute | grep 'I run successfully'
cd ..
$MAKE distcheck
test -f distcheck-run
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