Your message dated Sun, 27 Nov 2011 23:53:17 +0100
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and subject line Re: Bug#641091: ftp.debian.org: please consider auto-rejecting
control-file-is-not-a-file
has caused the Debian Bug report #641091,
regarding ftp.debian.org: please consider auto-rejecting
control-file-is-not-a-file
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Package: ftp.debian.org
Severity: wishlist
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Hi,
Please consider adding control-file-is-not-a-file to the auto-reject list.
The tag is emitted if the control.tar.gz contains non-regular files such
as symlinks and devices[1].
I could not find any references in the Policy that allows (or disallows)
non-regular files in the control.tar.gz (maybe I didn't look hard enough),
but I have a feeling that most tools will not cope too well with
non-regular files. Especially symlinks are a source of issues as they
are trivial to abuse and make an unsuspecting tool do something it should
not do.
Thanks for considering,
~Niels
[1] Note: the check ignores directories.
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commit 18a71126d887a90fec2674a85ad2712c07cb1163
Author: Luca Falavigna <[email protected]>
Date: Sun Nov 20 11:08:35 2011 +0000
Add control-file-is-not-a-file to fata list (Closes: #641091)
Signed-off-by: Luca Falavigna <[email protected]>
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