From: jacob.greenfield.256@... Date: 2016-04-19T14:04:30+00:00 Subject: [ruby-core:75028] [Ruby trunk Bug#12301] Path Check Causes Overhead and Unwanted and Unnecessary Warnings By Default Issue #12301 has been reported by Jacob G. ---------------------------------------- Bug #12301: Path Check Causes Overhead and Unwanted and Unnecessary Warnings By Default https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/12301 * Author: Jacob G * Status: Open * Priority: Normal * Assignee: * ruby -v: ruby 2.0.0p648 (2015-12-16 revision 53162) [universal.x86_64-darwin15]; but also exists on ruby 2.3.0p0 (2015-12-25 revision 53290) [x86_64-darwin15] * Backport: 2.1: UNKNOWN, 2.2: UNKNOWN, 2.3: UNKNOWN ---------------------------------------- The title says it all. My solution is to disable path checking by default by defining `ENABLE_PATH_CHECK` as `1` by default, but allowing it to be manually enabled via a `configure` or runtime flag. Currently it is only disabled on ["DOS-ish" systems or Cygwin](https://github.com/ruby/ruby/blob/096137e84fcb3a01089785bb2b8b621f3f7e996f/file.c#L5523-5529). I have always known about this problem and just ignored it, but now it's becoming too much. Here's the log output from when I try to update HomeBrew's (an application that uses Ruby) cache: ~~~ $ brew update /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.0/usr/lib/ruby/2.0.0/universal-darwin15/rbconfig.rb:213: warning: Insecure world writable dir /Applications/Cocos/tools/ant/bin in PATH, mode 040777 /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.0/usr/lib/ruby/2.0.0/universal-darwin15/rbconfig.rb:213: warning: Insecure world writable dir /Applications/Cocos/tools/ant/bin in PATH, mode 040777 /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.0/usr/lib/ruby/2.0.0/universal-darwin15/rbconfig.rb:213: warning: Insecure world writable dir /Applications/Cocos/tools/ant/bin in PATH, mode 040777 /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.0/usr/lib/ruby/2.0.0/universal-darwin15/rbconfig.rb:213: warning: Insecure world writable dir /Applications/Cocos/tools/ant/bin in PATH, mode 040777 /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.0/usr/lib/ruby/2.0.0/universal-darwin15/rbconfig.rb:213: warning: Insecure world writable dir /Applications/Cocos/tools/ant/bin in PATH, mode 040777 /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.0/usr/lib/ruby/2.0.0/universal-darwin15/rbconfig.rb:213: warning: Insecure world writable dir /Applications/Cocos/tools/ant/bin in PATH, mode 040777 /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.0/usr/lib/ruby/2.0.0/universal-darwin15/rbconfig.rb:213: warning: Insecure world writable dir /Applications/Cocos/tools/ant/bin in PATH, mode 040777 /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.0/usr/lib/ruby/2.0.0/universal-darwin15/rbconfig.rb:213: warning: Insecure world writable dir /Applications/Cocos/tools/ant/bin in PATH, mode 040777 /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.0/usr/lib/ruby/2.0.0/universal-darwin15/rbconfig.rb:213: warning: Insecure world writable dir /Applications/Cocos/tools/ant/bin in PATH, mode 040777 /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.0/usr/lib/ruby/2.0.0/universal-darwin15/rbconfig.rb:213: warning: Insecure world writable dir /Applications/Cocos/tools/ant/bin in PATH, mode 040777 /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.0/usr/lib/ruby/2.0.0/universal-darwin15/rbconfig.rb:213: warning: Insecure world writable dir /Applications/Cocos/tools/ant/bin in PATH, mode 040777 /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.0/usr/lib/ruby/2.0.0/universal-darwin15/rbconfig.rb:213: warning: Insecure world writable dir /Applications/Cocos/tools/ant/bin in PATH, mode 040777 /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.0/usr/lib/ruby/2.0.0/universal-darwin15/rbconfig.rb:213: warning: Insecure world writable dir /Applications/Cocos/tools/ant/bin in PATH, mode 040777 /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.0/usr/lib/ruby/2.0.0/universal-darwin15/rbconfig.rb:213: warning: Insecure world writable dir /Applications/Cocos/tools/ant/bin in PATH, mode 040777 /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.0/usr/lib/ruby/2.0.0/universal-darwin15/rbconfig.rb:213: warning: Insecure world writable dir /Applications/Cocos/tools/ant/bin in PATH, mode 040777 /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.0/usr/lib/ruby/2.0.0/universal-darwin15/rbconfig.rb:213: warning: Insecure world writable dir /Applications/Cocos/tools/ant/bin in PATH, mode 040777 /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.0/usr/lib/ruby/2.0.0/universal-darwin15/rbconfig.rb:213: warning: Insecure world writable dir /Applications/Cocos/tools/ant/bin in PATH, mode 040777 /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.0/usr/lib/ruby/2.0.0/universal-darwin15/rbconfig.rb:213: warning: Insecure world writable dir /Applications/Cocos/tools/ant/bin in PATH, mode 040777 /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.0/usr/lib/ruby/2.0.0/universal-darwin15/rbconfig.rb:213: warning: Insecure world writable dir /Applications/Cocos/tools/ant/bin in PATH, mode 040777 /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.0/usr/lib/ruby/2.0.0/universal-darwin15/rbconfig.rb:213: warning: Insecure world writable dir /Applications/Cocos/tools/ant/bin in PATH, mode 040777 /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.0/usr/lib/ruby/2.0.0/universal-darwin15/rbconfig.rb:213: warning: Insecure world writable dir /Applications/Cocos/tools/ant/bin in PATH, mode 040777 /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.0/usr/lib/ruby/2.0.0/universal-darwin15/rbconfig.rb:213: warning: Insecure world writable dir /Applications/Cocos/tools/ant/bin in PATH, mode 040777 /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.0/usr/lib/ruby/2.0.0/universal-darwin15/rbconfig.rb:213: warning: Insecure world writable dir /Applications/Cocos/tools/ant/bin in PATH, mode 040777 /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.0/usr/lib/ruby/2.0.0/universal-darwin15/rbconfig.rb:213: warning: Insecure world writable dir /Applications/Cocos/tools/ant/bin in PATH, mode 040777 /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.0/usr/lib/ruby/2.0.0/universal-darwin15/rbconfig.rb:213: warning: Insecure world writable dir /Applications/Cocos/tools/ant/bin in PATH, mode 040777 /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.0/usr/lib/ruby/2.0.0/universal-darwin15/rbconfig.rb:213: warning: Insecure world writable dir /Applications/Cocos/tools/ant/bin in PATH, mode 040777 /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.0/usr/lib/ruby/2.0.0/universal-darwin15/rbconfig.rb:213: warning: Insecure world writable dir /Applications/Cocos/tools/ant/bin in PATH, mode 040777 /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.0/usr/lib/ruby/2.0.0/universal-darwin15/rbconfig.rb:213: warning: Insecure world writable dir /Applications/Cocos/tools/ant/bin in PATH, mode 040777 /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.0/usr/lib/ruby/2.0.0/universal-darwin15/rbconfig.rb:213: warning: Insecure world writable dir /Applications/Cocos/tools/ant/bin in PATH, mode 040777 /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.0/usr/lib/ruby/2.0.0/universal-darwin15/rbconfig.rb:213: warning: Insecure world writable dir /Applications/Cocos/tools/ant/bin in PATH, mode 040777 /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.0/usr/lib/ruby/2.0.0/universal-darwin15/rbconfig.rb:213: warning: Insecure world writable dir /Applications/Cocos/tools/ant/bin in PATH, mode 040777 /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.0/usr/lib/ruby/2.0.0/universal-darwin15/rbconfig.rb:213: warning: Insecure world writable dir /Applications/Cocos/tools/ant/bin in PATH, mode 040777 /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.0/usr/lib/ruby/2.0.0/universal-darwin15/rbconfig.rb:213: warning: Insecure world writable dir /Applications/Cocos/tools/ant/bin in PATH, mode 040777 /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.0/usr/lib/ruby/2.0.0/universal-darwin15/rbconfig.rb:213: warning: Insecure world writable dir /Applications/Cocos/tools/ant/bin in PATH, mode 040777 /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.0/usr/lib/ruby/2.0.0/universal-darwin15/rbconfig.rb:213: warning: Insecure world writable dir /Applications/Cocos/tools/ant/bin in PATH, mode 040777 /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.0/usr/lib/ruby/2.0.0/universal-darwin15/rbconfig.rb:213: warning: Insecure world writable dir /Applications/Cocos/tools/ant/bin in PATH, mode 040777 /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.0/usr/lib/ruby/2.0.0/universal-darwin15/rbconfig.rb:213: warning: Insecure world writable dir /Applications/Cocos/tools/ant/bin in PATH, mode 040777 /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.0/usr/lib/ruby/2.0.0/universal-darwin15/rbconfig.rb:213: warning: Insecure world writable dir /Applications/Cocos/tools/ant/bin in PATH, mode 040777 /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.0/usr/lib/ruby/2.0.0/universal-darwin15/rbconfig.rb:213: warning: Insecure world writable dir /Applications/Cocos/tools/ant/bin in PATH, mode 040777 /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.0/usr/lib/ruby/2.0.0/universal-darwin15/rbconfig.rb:213: warning: Insecure world writable dir /Applications/Cocos/tools/ant/bin in PATH, mode 040777 /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.0/usr/lib/ruby/2.0.0/universal-darwin15/rbconfig.rb:213: warning: Insecure world writable dir /Applications/Cocos/tools/ant/bin in PATH, mode 040777 /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.0/usr/lib/ruby/2.0.0/universal-darwin15/rbconfig.rb:213: warning: Insecure world writable dir /Applications/Cocos/tools/ant/bin in PATH, mode 040777 /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.0/usr/lib/ruby/2.0.0/universal-darwin15/rbconfig.rb:213: warning: Insecure world writable dir /Applications/Cocos/tools/ant/bin in PATH, mode 040777 /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.0/usr/lib/ruby/2.0.0/universal-darwin15/rbconfig.rb:213: warning: Insecure world writable dir /Applications/Cocos/tools/ant/bin in PATH, mode 040777 /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.0/usr/lib/ruby/2.0.0/universal-darwin15/rbconfig.rb:213: warning: Insecure world writable dir /Applications/Cocos/tools/ant/bin in PATH, mode 040777 /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.0/usr/lib/ruby/2.0.0/universal-darwin15/rbconfig.rb:213: warning: Insecure world writable dir /Applications/Cocos/tools/ant/bin in PATH, mode 040777 /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.0/usr/lib/ruby/2.0.0/universal-darwin15/rbconfig.rb:213: warning: Insecure world writable dir /Applications/Cocos/tools/ant/bin in PATH, mode 040777 /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.0/usr/lib/ruby/2.0.0/universal-darwin15/rbconfig.rb:213: warning: Insecure world writable dir /Applications/Cocos/tools/ant/bin in PATH, mode 040777 /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.0/usr/lib/ruby/2.0.0/universal-darwin15/rbconfig.rb:213: warning: Insecure world writable dir /Applications/Cocos/tools/ant/bin in PATH, mode 040777 /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.0/usr/lib/ruby/2.0.0/universal-darwin15/rbconfig.rb:213: warning: Insecure world writable dir /Applications/Cocos/tools/ant/bin in PATH, mode 040777 /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.0/usr/lib/ruby/2.0.0/universal-darwin15/rbconfig.rb:213: warning: Insecure world writable dir /Applications/Cocos/tools/ant/bin in PATH, mode 040777 /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.0/usr/lib/ruby/2.0.0/universal-darwin15/rbconfig.rb:213: warning: Insecure world writable dir /Applications/Cocos/tools/ant/bin in PATH, mode 040777 /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.0/usr/lib/ruby/2.0.0/universal-darwin15/rbconfig.rb:213: warning: Insecure world writable dir /Applications/Cocos/tools/ant/bin in PATH, mode 040777 /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.0/usr/lib/ruby/2.0.0/universal-darwin15/rbconfig.rb:213: warning: Insecure world writable dir /Applications/Cocos/tools/ant/bin in PATH, mode 040777 /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.0/usr/lib/ruby/2.0.0/universal-darwin15/rbconfig.rb:213: warning: Insecure world writable dir /Applications/Cocos/tools/ant/bin in PATH, mode 040777 /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.0/usr/lib/ruby/2.0.0/universal-darwin15/rbconfig.rb:213: warning: Insecure world writable dir /Applications/Cocos/tools/ant/bin in PATH, mode 040777 /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.0/usr/lib/ruby/2.0.0/universal-darwin15/rbconfig.rb:213: warning: Insecure world writable dir /Applications/Cocos/tools/ant/bin in PATH, mode 040777 /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.0/usr/lib/ruby/2.0.0/universal-darwin15/rbconfig.rb:213: warning: Insecure world writable dir /Applications/Cocos/tools/ant/bin in PATH, mode 040777 /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.0/usr/lib/ruby/2.0.0/universal-darwin15/rbconfig.rb:213: warning: Insecure world writable dir /Applications/Cocos/tools/ant/bin in PATH, mode 040777 /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.0/usr/lib/ruby/2.0.0/universal-darwin15/rbconfig.rb:213: warning: Insecure world writable dir /Applications/Cocos/tools/ant/bin in PATH, mode 040777 /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.0/usr/lib/ruby/2.0.0/universal-darwin15/rbconfig.rb:213: warning: Insecure world writable dir /Applications/Cocos/tools/ant/bin in PATH, mode 040777 /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.0/usr/lib/ruby/2.0.0/universal-darwin15/rbconfig.rb:213: warning: Insecure world writable dir /Applications/Cocos/tools/ant/bin in PATH, mode 040777 /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.0/usr/lib/ruby/2.0.0/universal-darwin15/rbconfig.rb:213: warning: Insecure world writable dir /Applications/Cocos/tools/ant/bin in PATH, mode 040777 /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.0/usr/lib/ruby/2.0.0/universal-darwin15/rbconfig.rb:213: warning: Insecure world writable dir /Applications/Cocos/tools/ant/bin in PATH, mode 040777 /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.0/usr/lib/ruby/2.0.0/universal-darwin15/rbconfig.rb:213: warning: Insecure world writable dir /Applications/Cocos/tools/ant/bin in PATH, mode 040777 /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.0/usr/lib/ruby/2.0.0/universal-darwin15/rbconfig.rb:213: warning: Insecure world writable dir /Applications/Cocos/tools/ant/bin in PATH, mode 040777 /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.0/usr/lib/ruby/2.0.0/universal-darwin15/rbconfig.rb:213: warning: Insecure world writable dir /Applications/Cocos/tools/ant/bin in PATH, mode 040777 /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.0/usr/lib/ruby/2.0.0/universal-darwin15/rbconfig.rb:213: warning: Insecure world writable dir /Applications/Cocos/tools/ant/bin in PATH, mode 040777 /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.0/usr/lib/ruby/2.0.0/universal-darwin15/rbconfig.rb:213: warning: Insecure world writable dir /Applications/Cocos/tools/ant/bin in PATH, mode 040777 /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.0/usr/lib/ruby/2.0.0/universal-darwin15/rbconfig.rb:213: warning: Insecure world writable dir /Applications/Cocos/tools/ant/bin in PATH, mode 040777 /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.0/usr/lib/ruby/2.0.0/universal-darwin15/rbconfig.rb:213: warning: Insecure world writable dir /Applications/Cocos/tools/ant/bin in PATH, mode 040777 /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.0/usr/lib/ruby/2.0.0/universal-darwin15/rbconfig.rb:213: warning: Insecure world writable dir /Applications/Cocos/tools/ant/bin in PATH, mode 040777 /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.0/usr/lib/ruby/2.0.0/universal-darwin15/rbconfig.rb:213: warning: Insecure world writable dir /Applications/Cocos/tools/ant/bin in PATH, mode 040777 /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.0/usr/lib/ruby/2.0.0/universal-darwin15/rbconfig.rb:213: warning: Insecure world writable dir /Applications/Cocos/tools/ant/bin in PATH, mode 040777 Updated 2 taps (homebrew/python, homebrew/x11). ==> New Formulae homebrew/x11/nedit ==> Updated Formulae homebrew/python/numpy ��� homebrew/x11/i3status homebrew/x11/tiger-vnc homebrew/python/pillow homebrew/x11/rxvt-unicode homebrew/x11/xastir ~~~ Not fun. Why was it checking random directories like `/Applications/`, anyway?! Even then, why *recursively*?!?!?! Homebrew never even touches `/Applications/` during the update process! It is just adding useless warnings and overhead. What is a regular user expected to do when they see an error like this? Most users probably don't know what it means. Even more users will probably never do anything about it, anyway (aside from looking up how to get around it). What are the motives behind recursively and repetitively checking the user's directories and spitting out confusing errors?! -- https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/ Unsubscribe: