Re: Bug#149454: uudecode bug (?)

[martin f krafft]

also sprach Andreas Schwab <address@hidden> [2002.07.09.1316 +0200]:
> If tar would follow symlinks that would be a security bug.  Also, tar
> works on directory contents in addition to files and it's its duty to
> restore the contents of the archive so that afterwards the extracted files
> are identical to the copy in the archive.

and so why is it not a security bug if uudecode does follow symlinks
and pipes?

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