GNU bug report logs - #15522
gzcmp/gzdiff + gznew shell scripts use temporary files unsafely

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Package: gzip;

Reported by: Rich Burridge <rich.burridge <at> oracle.com>

Date: Fri, 4 Oct 2013 00:21:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #22 received at 15522 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>
To: Rich Burridge <rich.burridge <at> oracle.com>
Cc: 15522 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
Subject: Re: bug#15522: gzcmp/gzdiff + gznew shell scripts use temporary files
 unsafely
Date: Thu, 3 Oct 2013 21:25:06 -0700

On Thu, Oct 3, 2013 at 7:37 PM, Rich Burridge <rich.burridge <at> oracle.com> wrote:
...
> Sorry, I probably confused things by giving their Solaris g<name> names,
> and by stating that gzcmp and gzdiff were hard-linked without actually
> checking
> (because that's no longer true in the latest versions of the gzip
> distribution).

tags 15522 notabug
close 15522
thanks

Thanks for the report.
Since that problem was fixed long ago, I'm marking this ticket as "done".
If I've misunderstood, please let us know and I'll reopen it.
This bug report was last modified 11 years and 254 days ago.

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