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  Wed Apr 20 17:58:14 2005 mschwern [...] cpan.org - Ticket created
Subject: Loading Cwd taints $^O.
$ perl -MScalar::Util=tainted -Twle 'print tainted $^O; require Cwd; print tainted $^O' 0 1 Cwd 3.04 and 3.06 on OS X (perl 5.8.1RC3) causes $^O to become tainted. It happens somewhere in the logic for figuring out if _backtick_cwd should be used (lines 331-336). On OS X _backtick_cwd() is chosen and that is the point where $^O becomes tainted. This causes problems with anything that assumes $^O is safe and loads Cwd such as URI::file->cwd. It appears to be a 5.8.1 bug. 5.8.6 does not have this problem.
  Wed Apr 20 19:52:01 2005 kwilliams [...] cpan.org - Correspondence added
Yeah, probably because it uses -x in the same breath as using $^O. I'll make the fix, thanks for the catch. -Ken
  Wed Apr 20 19:52:02 2005 kwilliams [...] cpan.org - Status changed from 'new' to 'open'
  Wed Apr 20 20:53:10 2005 kwilliams [...] cpan.org - Status changed from 'open' to 'resolved'