does not handle filenames whose name begins with a dash properly

[Jeff Gilchrist]

Reported From: Steve Ward planet36 [at] gmail <dot> com

The following example attempts to compress (using various programs) a file whose name begins with a dash. pbzip2 has trouble with this, but the others are fine.

$ cp -L -- /usr/share/dict/words -foo

$ bzip2 -c -- -foo > bar1

$ lbzip2 -c -- -foo > bar2

$ pbzip2 -c -- -foo > bar3
(waits for input)

$ pbzip2 -c -- ./-foo > bar3
(works)

$ uname --all
Linux dev8 2.6.38-8-generic #42-Ubuntu SMP Mon Apr 11 03:31:24 UTC 2011 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

$ bzip2 --version
bzip2, a block-sorting file compressor. Version 1.0.5, 10-Dec-2007.
...

$ lbzip2 --version
lbzip2: Parallel bzip2 utility.
Copyright (C) 2008, 2009, 2010 Laszlo Ersek.
Released under the GNU GPLv2+.
Version 0.23.
...

$ pbzip2 --version
Parallel BZIP2 v1.1.1 - by: Jeff Gilchrist [http://compression.ca]
[Apr. 17, 2010] (uses libbzip2 by Julian Seward)
Major contributions: Yavor Nikolov <email address hidden>

Steve

[Steve Ward (planet36)]

Here's the equivalent Debian bug.
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=700682