Compiling executables on Heroku

#1

Post by jcorcuera » Thu, Jul 28, 2011, 1:56 PM UTC

Compiling executables on Heroku
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Re: Compiling executables on Heroku

#2

Post by _mayo » Thu, Jul 28, 2011, 4:40 PM UTC

Does anyone know if this this an actual feature implemented in Heroku or is it an open vulnerability? I'm not finding any documentation on this command.

Re: Compiling executables on Heroku

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Post by mnutt » Thu, Jul 28, 2011, 5:19 PM UTC

_mayo wrote: post #2

Does anyone know if this this an actual feature implemented in Heroku or is it an open vulnerability? I'm not finding any documentation on this command.

I can't imagine it's considered a vulnerability. Heroku has had a documented `heroku console` that can do at least as much as bash can, security-wise.

Re: Compiling executables on Heroku

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Post by joshpeek » Thu, Jul 28, 2011, 5:26 PM UTC

Had this exact same issue. xpdf isn't on the new cedar stack.

Not ideal, but you can package up a rubygem that can compile itself. https://github.com/josh/ruby-xpdf

Re: Compiling executables on Heroku

#5

Post by jonmagic » Thu, Jul 28, 2011, 5:28 PM UTC

joshpeek wrote: post #4

Had this exact same issue. xpdf isn't on the new cedar stack. Not ideal, but you can package up a rubygem that can compile itself. https://github.com/josh/ruby-xpdf

We thought about doing it this way and opted for the other since it was quick and easy. Great to see your implementation though, may end up just using it :)

Re: Compiling executables on Heroku

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Post by _mayo » Thu, Jul 28, 2011, 6:15 PM UTC

mnutt wrote: post #3

_mayo wrote: post #2

Does anyone know if this this an actual feature implemented in Heroku or is it an open vulnerability? I'm not finding any documentation on this command.

I can't imagine it's considered a vulnerability. Heroku has had a documented `heroku console` that can do at least as much as bash can, security-wise.

Ah, I totally forgot about heroku console.