[GHC] #5269: RTS flag decoding broken

[GHC]

#5269: RTS flag decoding broken
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  Reporter:  augustss        |          Owner:                  
      Type:  bug             |         Status:  closed          
  Priority:  normal          |      Milestone:                  
 Component:  Runtime System  |        Version:  7.0.4           
Resolution:  wontfix         |       Keywords:                  
  Testcase:                  |      Blockedby:                  
Difficulty:                  |             Os:  Unknown/Multiple
  Blocking:                  |   Architecture:  Unknown/Multiple
   Failure:  None/Unknown    |  
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Changes (by simonmar):

  * status:  new => closed
  * resolution:  => wontfix


Comment:

 I sympathise.  But the basic problem is that when used as a CGI script,
 the command-line arguments come from an untrusted source, and most people
 wouldn't know that they need to use `-no-rtsopts` with CGI.  Furthermore
 the consequences could be disastrous, so I don't think we had much choice
 here - placing the responsibility on the user to close a security hole
 explicitly with an obscure flag is just wrong.

 See also #3910.

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