[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jules Bean) wrote on 16.03.99 in <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Is having a long Unpack-Commands header preferable to an unpack control > script? > > I would have thought the latter was more flexible. That's *why* the header solution is preferrable. Ian has always pointed out (and I now think he's right) that we do not want arbitrary scripts executed on unpacking the source. That's just too dangerous. Of course, you could still put this in a separate file and _call_ that an "unpack script", but the important thing is that it needs to have a severely restricted syntax that does *not* allow calling arbitrary commands. MfG Kai
