whitelist does not resolve symlinks
Bug #1455959 reported by
Vladimir Chapaikin
This bug affects 1 person
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BleachBit |
Fix Released
|
Medium
|
Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
System: KUbuntu
[Assumptions]
User login: A_USER
Computer's name (host name): A_COMPUTER
[Steps to reproduce]
1. Execute the commands in terminal (bash):
mkdir /tmp/a
ln -s /tmp/a /home/A_
echo >/tmp/a/file
2. Start bleachbit.
3. Add "/tmp/a/file" to whitelist of bleachbit.
4.1. Choose to clean OS's temporary files.
4.2. Choose to clean KDE's temporary files.
5. Start a cleaning process.
6. [Bug] The whitelisted file "/tmp/a/file" does not exist.
[A desired behaviour]
6. The whitelisted file "/tmp/a/file" exists.
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Reproduced on: KUbuntu 14.04, 64-bit
| Changed in bleachbit: | |
| importance: | Undecided → Medium |
| milestone: | none → 1.14 |
Revision history for this message
| Andrew Ziem (ahziem1) wrote | #1 |
| Changed in bleachbit: | |
| status: | New → In Progress |
| summary: |
- Bleachbit does not check actual identity of whitelisted files and files - to be deleted + whitelist does not resolve symlinks |
Revision history for this message
| Andrew Ziem (ahziem1) wrote | #2 |
| Changed in bleachbit: | |
| status: | In Progress → Fix Committed |
Revision history for this message
| Andrew Ziem (ahziem1) wrote | #3 |
| Changed in bleachbit: | |
| status: | Fix Committed → Fix Released |
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Return the canonical path of the specified filename, eliminating any symbolic links encountered in the path (if they are supported by the operating system).
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