Re: Bug#79620: dpkg-source must handle file permissions
Hello,
On Fri, Dec 15, 2000 at 05:42:10PM +1100, Brian May wrote:
> I tried to find options for tar to make this safe (ie. but not
> extracting symlinks), but couldn't find any.
ok, perhaps tar needs a std option that says "don't create
any links that point outside (or at least up) the $CWD".
Or (if tar were statically linked) one could do something
like (chroot $CWD && tar xzvf source.tar.gz).
What have i missed?
Best Regards,
--Toni++
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