Re: Bug#149454: uudecode bug (?)

[martin f krafft]

also sprach Santiago Vila <address@hidden> [2002.06.10.1514 +0200]:
> It does if you set it up that way. Think of a symlink of the form
> foo -> foo.`date +%Y%m%d` for example. This is a *completely* legitimate
> use of a symlink, and we should not break it just for fun.
> 
> I repeat: It's the uudecode command that is "dangerous", as well as
> "cp", "rm" or just redirection, not the usage of symlinks or pipes.

This I dig. However, other tools, like gunzip replace pipes and
symlinks rather than following them. So at the very least, it's not
standardized across GNU tools.

> I'm sorry, but this bug will remain wishlist until I hear from the
> authors.

I'll leave it closed for now, although I am not quite in agreement
yet.

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