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#4 Tarball not properly packaged

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2005-06-06
2005-06-05
Matt Wagner
No

Not a bug in the code, but a flaw in the way it's packaged.

Unpacking the download via bunzip2 and then tar xvf
does not unpack in the "friendly" manner (by creating a
directory and putting everything into it), but rather
spews its contents all over wherever it's unpacked.

If someone unpacks this in their webroot assuming it'll
behave like a normal .tar file, it's going to mess with
what they already have. (For example, overwriting
index.php, and their admin/ directories, both of which
likely exist.)

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  • GoonerW

    GoonerW - 2005-06-06
    • priority: 5 --> 7
     
  • GoonerW

    GoonerW - 2005-06-06

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    Thanks for the heads up. I'll post a warning on the site
    until I am able to repackage the tarball.

     

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