#9035 BLOC 9.1.0: rainbow preload hack causes g_get_home_dir() to return "/root"

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#9035: rainbow preload hack causes g_get_home_dir() to return "/root"
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           Reporter:  dsd        |       Owner:  mstone            
               Type:  defect     |      Status:  new               
           Priority:  blocker    |   Milestone:  9.1.0             
          Component:  security   |     Version:  not specified     
         Resolution:             |    Keywords:  joyride-2556:- F10
        Next_action:  never set  |    Verified:  0                 
Deployment_affected:             |   Blockedby:                    
           Blocking:             |  
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Comment(by dsd):

 I released rainbow-0.7.27 which has preloading turned off and hence avoids
 these issues. I will leave this bug open until we reach a decision on
 whether we still want preloading, and if so, how we can fix this bug.

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Ticket URL: <http://dev.laptop.org/ticket/9035#comment:8>
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