Compiling executables on Heroku(jonmagic.com)

40 pointsby jcorcueravor 15 Jahren5 comments

http://jonmagic.com/blog/archives/2011/07/28/running-pdftotext-on-heroku/

2 comments

_mayovor 15 Jahren

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.

mnuttvor 15 Jahren

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.

_mayovor 15 Jahren

Ah, I totally forgot about heroku console.

joshpeekvor 15 Jahren

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

jonmagicvor 15 Jahren

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 :)