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Re: [Bug-tar] [PATCH] Intelligent subdirectory creation to guard against
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Paul Eggert |
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Re: [Bug-tar] [PATCH] Intelligent subdirectory creation to guard against tarbombs |
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Wed, 07 Aug 2013 20:13:19 -0700 |
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I don't see why this option would help much.
All it takes to corrupt is one file, right?
And I can see weaknesses in the proposed implementation:
when you rename the extracted file, you might rename
a file that already existed.
Instead, how about extending the -C option to
create the directory if it doesn't already exist
(when extracting), and suggesting to people to use that?
That'd be simpler and easier to document.