On Sat, Jun 21, 2008 at 12:36 AM, Ben Hutchings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It looks like it's unpacking the archive under /tmp, generating > checksums, then deleting the files as it goes. Before unlinking it uses > chmod, presumably to ensure the unlink will succeed. But chmod follows > sym-links, and these sym-links are absolute so it chmods the installed > files!
Well that's stupid, since the permissions of the files are irrelevent for unlink, only the permissions on the directory are relevent. you could chmod 000 and still unlink the file. I suppose it's a fudge for non-POSIX compliant filesystems? Have a nice day, -- Martijn van Oosterhout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://svana.org/kleptog/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
