Re: Bug#79620: dpkg-source must handle file permissions
Previously J.A. Bezemer wrote:
> Investigate makepatch/applypatch from
> ftp://download.xs4all.nl/pub/mirror/CPAN/authors/Johan_Vromans/
> You can at least apply such a patch with the "standard tools" sh and patch,
> and making them with only sh and diff should be possible too.
Unpacking should *never* rely on executing sh code that is part of
the source package, that makes unpacking a possible security risk.
Wichert.
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