Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2007 23:43:07 +0300 From: Ruslan Ermilov <ru@freebsd.org> To: Tim Kientzle <kientzle@freebsd.org> Cc: cvs-src@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org, cvs-all@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/usr.sbin/pkg_install/lib url.c Message-ID: <20070306204307.GD43608@rambler-co.ru> In-Reply-To: <45EDA7E2.4040300@freebsd.org> References: <200703061454.l26Esj7D043245@repoman.freebsd.org> <45EDA7E2.4040300@freebsd.org>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Tue, Mar 06, 2007 at 09:41:54AM -0800, Tim Kientzle wrote: > Ruslan Ermilov wrote: > > Modified files: > > usr.sbin/pkg_install/lib url.c > > Log: > > Invoke tar(1) with the -p option when installing a package > > from an URL (i.e., do it the same way as when installing > > from a file). This fixes the lossage of the setuid bits. > > It wasn't a problem before because GNU tar(1) implied the > > -p option for root, but BSD tar(1) doesn't do that. > > Hmmm... This might actually be considered a bsdtar bug. > I'll look into it. > That behavior of BSD tar(1) surprised me, to be honest. Cheers, -- Ruslan Ermilov ru@FreeBSD.org FreeBSD committer [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFF7dJbqRfpzJluFF4RArt2AJsEVNCd8xVOW3Fhs+psAfC0Shm9pQCfXbXi 2PtKr9TRsyk9qb626zKVds8= =Odo/ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----help
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