Package: python-pyxattr
Version: 0.2.1-1.1
Severity: normal
xattr.listxattr(fullname, True) where fullname is the path of a broken symlink
doesn't actually get the xattrs of the symlink, as it should. In
python-pyxattr-0.2.1/xattr.c there is code like the following:
nalloc = ishandle ?
flistxattr(filedes, NULL, 0) :
listxattr(file, NULL, 0);
if(nalloc == -1) {
return PyErr_SetFromErrno(PyExc_IOError);
}
This fails when the symlink points to a non-existing file. The code should
be changed to parallel the correct invocation of the actual xattr listing:
/* Now retrieve the list of attributes */
nret = ishandle ?
flistxattr(filedes, buf, nalloc) :
dolink ?
llistxattr(file, buf, nalloc) :
listxattr(file, buf, nalloc);
We need to use llistxattr in both cases when dolink is true.
--scott
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