Reserve pathnames starting "." (i.e. dotfiles in the root directory) for package metadata, so don't extract them.
There are no current uses of these pathnames --- install.cc | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) diff --git a/install.cc b/install.cc index f54acdc..8aad3a5 100644 --- a/install.cc +++ b/install.cc @@ -471,6 +471,15 @@ Installer::installOne (packagemeta &pkgm, const packageversion &ver, while ((fn = tarstream->next_file_name ()).size ()) { std::string canonicalfn = prefixPath + fn; + + // pathnames starting "." (i.e. dotfiles in the root directory) are + // reserved for package metadata. Don't extract them. + if (fn[0] == '.') + { + tarstream->skip_file (); + continue; + } + Progress.SetText3 (canonicalfn.c_str ()); Log (LOG_BABBLE) << "Installing file " << prefixURL << prefixPath << fn << endLog; -- 2.8.3