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Re: bin/55815: tar opens device files
The following reply was made to PR bin/55815; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: Martin Husemann <martin%duskware.de@localhost>
To: Joerg Sonnenberger <joerg%bec.de@localhost>
Cc: gnats-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost
Subject: Re: bin/55815: tar opens device files
Date: Sun, 6 Jun 2021 08:50:27 +0200
On Sat, Jun 05, 2021 at 10:22:51PM +0200, Joerg Sonnenberger wrote:
> whole discussion shouldn't be about tar either. The whole "open has side
> effects" problem applies to many, many other programs, so it should
> really be considered in this wider context...
Totally independent of the wider "problem" (which I believe won't go away
any time soon) we should swith tar back if we can not easily fix the new
one. Where "fixing" (from my POV) would include simple hacks like making
the no-EA/no-ACLs option the default.
Martin
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