Re: [PATCH] untrusted plperl

Patch applied. Thanks. Waiting for doc updates.

> Well, after persuading cvsup and cvs that it _is_ possible to have local
> modifiable repositories, I have a clean untrusted plperl patch to offer
> you :)
>
> Highlights:
> * There's one perl interpreter used for both trusted and untrusted
> procedures. I do think its unnecessary to keep two perl
> interpreters around. If someone can break out from trusted "Safe" perl
> mode, well, they can do what they want already. If someone disagrees, I
> can change this.
>
> * Opcode is not statically loaded anymore. Instead, we load Dynaloader,
> which then can grab Opcode (and anything else you can 'use') on its own.
>
> * Checked to work on FreeBSD 4.3 + perl 5.5.3 , OpenBSD 2.8 + perl5.6.1,
> RedHat 6.2 + perl 5.5.3
>
> * Uses ExtUtils::Embed to find what options are necessary to link with
> perl shared libraries
>
> * createlang is also updated, it can create untrusted perl using 'plperlu'
>
> * Example script (assuming you have Mail::Sendmail installed):
> create function foo() returns text as '
> use Mail::Sendmail;
>
> %mail = ( To => q(you(at)yourname(dot)com),
> From => q(me(at)here(dot)com),
> Message => "This is a very short message"
> );
> sendmail(%mail) or die $Mail::Sendmail::error;
> return "OK. Log says:\n", $Mail::Sendmail::log;
> ' language 'plperlu';
>
>
> (well, change the name in the To: line :)
>
>
> Hope someone finds that useful and maybe even merged :)
>
> -alex

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