[issue13415] del os.environ

[STINNER Victor]

STINNER Victor <victor.stinner at haypocalc.com> added the comment:

> Note that ignoring unsetenv() return value is a bad idea:
> http://xorl.wordpress.com/category/freebsd/page/2/

Oh yeah, I remember this critical (local) vulnerability!

> We could maybe add a configure-time check.

Yes, it sounds like the best solution.

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title: del os.environ[key] ignores errors -> del os.environ

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