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sharutils package

  1. Bug #14782
  2. Comment #6

Comment 6 for bug 14782

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In , Bruce Korb (bruce-korb) wrote : Re: Bug#302412: exploitable temporary file race in unshar (fwd)

On Thursday 31 March 2005 05:30 pm, Santiago Vila wrote:
> On Thu, 31 Mar 2005, Bruce Korb wrote:
>
> > Wrong assumption. It was announced on info-gnu.
>
> May I suggest that sharutils 4.3.77 and 4.3.78 are not put in directories
> named "4.3.77" and "REL-4.3.78", then? The current layout is a little
> bit misleading.

The first was a typo that I didn't notice until my script was already running.
It is my intention to release in REL-xxxxx subdirectories. It reduces clutter.

> > These new issues will get faster action with a suggested patch :-).
>
> Ok, here is a patch that maybe you can accept:

Looks fine to me. It may be a couple of weeks tho, taxes and my day job
take priority. :)

> This patch tries not to break the MSDOS stuff.

Thanks. I tend to forget that MSDOS exists.... ;)

Regards, Bruce