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[PATCH] archive: Warn about replacing an ACL symlink.

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Message #13 received at 44623-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me <at> tobias.gr>
To: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 44623-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: [bug#44623] [PATCH] archive: Warn about replacing an ACL symlink.
Date: Sun, 15 Nov 2020 23:06:16 +0100

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Ludovic Courtès 写道：
> Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me <at> tobias.gr> skribis:
>
>> * guix/scripts/archive.scm (authorize-key): Warn when %ACL-FILE 
>> is a
>> symbolic link and print an additional hint for Guix System 
>> users.
>
> Oh, I was convinced that ‘guix archive --authorize’ would now 
> fail on
> Guix System, but indeed it doesn’t, due to the canonical rename 
> trick.

I don't want it to fail.

Just today I used ‘guix archive --authorize’ so ‘guix system 
reconfigure’ (to add the key!) wouldn't take all day.  Killer 
feature!

> You can do both at once (thus avoiding a TOCTTOU race) with:

That is significantly better.  Pushed as 
5d15733c426d232e98098d99a5bfe145586609a4.

Thank you!

T G-R

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