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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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Thu, 08 Aug 2013 06:29:43 -0700 |
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On 08/07/2013 10:57 PM, Connor Behan wrote:
> If I've understood this, "tar -C foo -xf foo.tar.gz" would not
> accomplish the goal. Typing "-C foo" takes almost as much time as typing
> "mkdir foo". More importantly, the user would have to already know that
> "foo.tar.gz" is a tarbomb to avoid adding a pointless level of depth.
That objection applies to the --intelligent-subdir option too, no?
Users would have to know about the new option, and would have to use it.