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I hurried with the answer, but now it's correct

srghma
– srghma

2017-06-13 18:27:21 +00:00
Commented Jun 13, 2017 at 18:27
I think something should be said abut why this is. There are security risks associated with keeping environment variables - e.g.: the user could set their EDITOR variable to /bin/bash, then they would get a shell when executing anything that uses $EDITOR to spawn what it thinks is an editor.

Henrik supports the community
– Henrik supports the community

2022-05-06 22:57:32 +00:00
Commented May 6, 2022 at 22:57

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