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Diffstat (limited to 'src/xz')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/xz/file_io.c | 15 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/src/xz/file_io.c b/src/xz/file_io.c index 18b7b044..d94e2321 100644 --- a/src/xz/file_io.c +++ b/src/xz/file_io.c @@ -275,9 +275,14 @@ io_open_src(file_pair *pair) return false; } + // Symlinks are not followed unless writing to stdout or --force + // was used. + const bool follow_symlinks = opt_stdout || opt_force; + // We accept only regular files if we are writing the output - // to disk too, and if --force was not given. - const bool reg_files_only = !opt_stdout && !opt_force; + // to disk too. bzip2 allows overriding this with --force but + // gzip and xz don't. + const bool reg_files_only = !opt_stdout; // Flags for open() int flags = O_RDONLY | O_BINARY | O_NOCTTY; @@ -293,13 +298,13 @@ io_open_src(file_pair *pair) #endif #if defined(O_NOFOLLOW) - if (reg_files_only) + if (!follow_symlinks) flags |= O_NOFOLLOW; #elif !defined(TUKLIB_DOSLIKE) // Some POSIX-like systems lack O_NOFOLLOW (it's not required // by POSIX). Check for symlinks with a separate lstat() on // these systems. - if (reg_files_only) { + if (!follow_symlinks) { struct stat st; if (lstat(pair->src_name, &st)) { message_error("%s: %s", pair->src_name, @@ -374,7 +379,7 @@ io_open_src(file_pair *pair) was_symlink = true; # else - if (errno == ELOOP && reg_files_only) { + if (errno == ELOOP && !follow_symlinks) { const int saved_errno = errno; struct stat st; if (lstat(pair->src_name, &st) == 0 |