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From: fred@lightside.net (Fred Condo)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: perl binary: does it include suid patch?
Date: Wed, 12 Feb 1997 10:50:04 -0800
Organization: Lightside, Inc. - Internet Access
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Does the perl binary installed with FreeBSD 2.1.5 and up incorporate the
suid security patch of 24 June 1996? This is the version information that
perl -v prints:

$RCSfile: perl.c,v $$Revision: 1.4.4.3 $$Date: 1996/06/30 09:52:45 $
Patch level: 36
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