security

Perl modules issue with Mac OS X Security Update 2009-001

Posted Tue, 03/03/2009 - 23:53 by nuno

Today I was installing a module within CPAN and I got systematically the same error ending as following:

[geshifilter-code] Catching error: "Undefined subroutine &Compress::Zlib::gzopen called at /System/Library/Perl/5.8.8/CPAN/Tarzip.pm line 122.\cJ" at /System/Library/Perl/5.8.8/CPAN.pm line 359 CPAN::shell() called at /usr/bin/cpan line 198 [/geshifilter-code]

After consulting my "Perl menthor" (hehe!), he asked me if I had installed the 2009-001 Mac OS X Security Update. Well it seems that this Update troubles the IO module.

Let me explain: each time you run an update with Software Update, it simply overrides your existing files. This is the main reason you shouldn't override the system Perl installation with a fresh one compiled from source, for instance.

So, getting back to our subject, let me explain how I solved that.

Wikipedia Defaced

Posted Fri, 15/08/2008 - 23:02 by nuno

I was completing my post "China and numbers" with some Wikipedia links when I tried to open the article "People's Republic of China" and was faced with the image you can see above.

We can read:

This is the Zodiac speaking. I laugh at your attempts to stop me. Your feeble minds cannot get my message.
ЕНКЁШКААНЛЁПЕЦЦААЭАН ДАЛЫЧЫНВКЁШКАШЕАНЦА АМЫНЮЛЛЕЯЬЦЦЫМЬЫНЕ НКЫЫЪЕХЦЫЬЕНДЁЪПХЫ НЦЕХЁККААМПЫАКЮЫНКЁ ЛМЕЦЮХАЦЦАЁЪВАШМЕЯ АШЕЁННЫЫНХАЮШКААШ ЫНЮНПЫЦЬЫШЫЙЪЫЦЦ ЬЬЦЕХДЬШЕНПЙШЬККЫЁ НЦЙПЕЪЫЬШЫКЁЯА!

(NOTAM: If someone understands Russian, please help to complete this post by translating this sentence.)