On Mon, Aug 06, 2007 at 02:09:10AM -0400, Robert Connolly wrote: > Coincidentally, I'm also calling for similar treatment for people > who distribute tar and zip archives which unpack into the current > directory.
Is this really still a problem? I can't remember ever seeing a tarball do this. It used to be common for *.zip files but these days even they seem to be falling into line (at when distributing software). I still check the TOC just to be sure. Call me paranoid. Jeremy Henty -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-chat FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page
