From dc72f4d114e9b9eb895f500541c4e473febc4134 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Nathan Stratton Treadway Date: Sat, 28 Jun 2014 23:57:37 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] tar: document xgetcwd test case better * src/misc.c (normalize_filename): Add commentary for clarity. * tests/extrac09.at: Retitle test case and add comments for clarity. --- src/misc.c | 3 ++- tests/extrac09.at | 18 ++++++++++++++---- 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/src/misc.c b/src/misc.c index cc2fef8..8e66643 100644 --- a/src/misc.c +++ b/src/misc.c @@ -288,7 +288,8 @@ normalize_filename (int cdidx, const char *name) this following approach may lead to situations where the same file or directory is processed twice under different absolute paths without that duplication being detected. Perhaps we - should use dev+ino pairs instead of names? */ + should use dev+ino pairs instead of names? (See listed03.at for + a related test case.) */ const char *cdpath = tar_getcdpath (cdidx); size_t copylen; bool need_separator; diff --git a/tests/extrac09.at b/tests/extrac09.at index d9e2a4b..b7218ef 100644 --- a/tests/extrac09.at +++ b/tests/extrac09.at @@ -18,10 +18,20 @@ # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License # along with this program. If not, see . -# This checks for the --listed-incremental bug reported by J Chapman Flack at -# http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-tar/2010-06/msg00000.html - -AT_SETUP([no need to save dir with unreadable . and ..]) +# This attempts to cause xgetcwd() to fail, and then checks to see if +# such failure causes tar to abort even in a case where the results of +# the call aren't actually needed. +# +# (xgetcwd() may fail e.g. on Solaris 10 when "." or ".." are unreadable. +# On most systems xgetcwd() won't fail even in that situation, but +# on those systems this test will simply succeed without actually testing +# anything within tar.) +# +# http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-tar/2010-07/msg00045.html +# +# (See also 'listed03.at'.) + +AT_SETUP([extracting even when . and .. are unreadable]) AT_KEYWORDS([extract extrac09]) AT_TAR_CHECK([ -- 2.44.0