[Tcsh] globbing problem in 6.21

[Michal Szymanski]

Sadly, after two years, Ubuntu 22.04 still has 6.21. I wonder how many
important files have been removed accidentally due to that bug.

regards, Michal

On Tue, May 03, 2022 at 09:33:02AM -0600, Nelson H. F. Beebe wrote:
> As of updates this morning (3-May-2022), Ubuntu 22.04 still has the
> old 6.21 version of tcsh with the file globbing error.  The same is
> true for Debian 12 (bookworm/sid), and for other distributions based
> on Ubuntu, such as Lite 6.0 and Mint 20.3,
> 
> On recent Red Hat-based versions, I find these tcsh versions:
> 
> 	CentOS 7		6.18.01
> 	CentOS 8		6.20.00
> 	CentOS 9		6.22.03
> 	Oracle 8		6.20.00
> 	AlmaLinux 8.5		6.20.00
> 	AlmaLinux 9.0		6.22.03
> 	EuroLinux 9.0		6.22.03
> 	Navy Linux 8.4		6.20.00
> 	Rocky Linux 8.5		6.20.09
> 	Springdale 8.5		6.20.00
> 	Virtuozzo Linux 8	6.20.00
> 
> On openSUSE, I find
> 
> 	openSUSE 15.2		6.20.00
> 	openSUSE 15.4		6.20.00
> 	openSUSE Tumbleweed	6.24.00		[rolling release]
> 		
> The new Slackware 15 release has 6.23.02.
> 
> The file globbing error in 6.21 could reasonably be viewed as a
> security risk.
> 
> Is there a chance that leading tcsh team members could, perhaps
> collectively, ask the Debian, Ubuntu, and other major Linux
> distribution package teams to please update their tcsh to its latest
> release?
> 
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