[Bug binutils/17552] strip/objcopy: directory traversal

[cherepan at mccme dot ru]

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=17552

--- Comment #7 from Alexander Cherepanov <cherepan at mccme dot ru> ---
(In reply to Nick Clifton from comment #6)
>   Please try out this patch and see if it gets rid of those left over
> temporary files...

The patch doesn't apply to git head:

  patching file binutils/objcopy.c
  Hunk #1 FAILED at 2298.
  Hunk #2 FAILED at 2310.
  Hunk #3 FAILED at 2353.
  3 out of 5 hunks FAILED -- saving rejects to file binutils/objcopy.c.rej

(In reply to Nick Clifton from comment #5)
>   2. Adding handling for Windows special files seems a bit over the top. 
> Are there any real world sceanarios where this would be a real problem ?

Not really sure. I mainly think about sending garbage to a serial (com1-com9)
or parallel (lpt9) port when something is connected to it, or to a printer
(prn). But I haven't checked what native Windows ar (or other tools) will do in
such a case.

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