3 files changed, 12 insertions, 35 deletions
diff --git a/Build/source/texk/dvipsk/ChangeLog b/Build/source/texk/dvipsk/ChangeLog
index e2a23921888..c02ace0ff75 100644
--- a/Build/source/texk/dvipsk/ChangeLog
+++ b/Build/source/texk/dvipsk/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+2009-12-21  Karl Berry  <karl@tug.org>
+
+	* protos.h (fil2ps): remove decl.
+	* dospecial.c (fil2ps): remove fn.
+	(dospecial): warn if iff2ps or tek2ps specials are noticed.
+	The goal here was to avoid executing external programs, with that
+	inhererent security risk, when (we believe) no one is actually
+	using the functionality.
+
 2009-12-14  Karl Berry  <karl@tug.org>
 
 	* emspecial.c (emspecial):
diff --git a/Build/source/texk/dvipsk/dospecial.c b/Build/source/texk/dvipsk/dospecial.c
index 10acf14d503..8f0a352d407 100644
--- a/Build/source/texk/dvipsk/dospecial.c
+++ b/Build/source/texk/dvipsk/dospecial.c
@@ -816,9 +816,9 @@ default:
    if(psfile[0]) {
       if (task == 0) {
          systemtype = (psfile[0]=='`') ;
-         figcopyfile(psfile+systemtype, systemtype);
+         figcopyfile(psfile+systemtype, systemtype) ;
       } else {
-         fil2ps(task, psfile) ;
+         fprintf (stderr, "dvips: iff2ps and tek2ps are not supported.\n") ;
       }
    } else if (psfilewanted 
 #ifdef KPATHSEA
@@ -827,38 +827,7 @@ default:
 	      )
       specerror("No \\special psfile was given; figure will be blank") ;
 
-   cmdout("@endspecial");
-}
-
-void
-fil2ps(const char *task, char *iname)
-{
-   char cmd[400] ;
-   FILE *f ;
-   if (0 != (f=search(pictpath, iname, "r"))) {
-      close_file(f) ;
-   } else {
-      fprintf(stderr, " couldn't open %s\n", iname) ;
-      return ;
-   }
-   if (!quiet) {
-      fprintf(stderr, " [%s", realnameoffile) ;
-      fflush(stderr) ;
-   }
-   if (oname && oname[0] && oname[0] != '-') {
-      putc(10, bitfile) ;
-      close_file(bitfile) ;
-      sprintf(cmd, "%s -f %s %s", task, realnameoffile, oname) ;
-      system(cmd) ;
-      if ((bitfile=fopen(oname, FOPEN_ABIN_MODE))==NULL)
-         error_with_perror ("! couldn't reopen PostScript file", oname) ;
-      linepos = 0 ;
-   } else {
-      sprintf(cmd, "%s -f %s", task, realnameoffile) ;
-      system(cmd) ;
-   }
-   if (!quiet)
-      fprintf(stderr, "]") ;
+   cmdout("@endspecial") ;
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/Build/source/texk/dvipsk/protos.h b/Build/source/texk/dvipsk/protos.h
index b36b4d1e221..49fa7951ae1 100644
--- a/Build/source/texk/dvipsk/protos.h
+++ b/Build/source/texk/dvipsk/protos.h
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ extern char *GetKeyVal(char *str, int *tno);
 extern void predospecial(int numbytes, Boolean scanning);
 extern int maccess(char *s);
 extern void dospecial(int numbytes);
-extern void fil2ps(const char *task, char *iname);
 extern float *bbdospecial(int nbytes);
 
 /* prototypes for functions from download.c */