When trying to use zdiff on 2 gzipped files (works fine when only one file is gzipped) you get the following error: /bin/zdiff: line 54: /tmp/gzcuA0AB: cannot overwrite existing file Possibly related to bug #68405 uname -a Linux xxxx 2.4.25_pre7-gss-r2 #2 SMP Tue Mar 2 06:45:59 PST 2004 i686 AMD Athlon(tm) MP 2400+ AuthenticAMD GNU/Linux
gzip-r4 in the tree. No patch for this. Remains problem (security bug?)
hi, i guess, the problem is here: line 37: tmp=`tempfile -d /tmp -p gz` || { ... this actually _creates_ a temporary file... and this behaviour of tempfile is the reason, why line 53: gzip -cdfq "$2" > $tmp || exit (correctly) refuses to extract to an existing file... solution: one could unlink the tempfile after creating it with tempfile note, that this solution would introduce (theoretically) a race condition... (an attacker knows the tempfilename after unlinking and _before_ actually writing to that file) as gzip refuses to extract, if the file already exists, i guess this would be a good solution anyways... further comments? best regards florian
fixed in 1.3.5-r4
Still does not work when comparing 2 gzipped files. zdiff mysql-2004-11-13-170003.sql.gz mysql-2004-12-08-140005.sql.gz /bin/zdiff: line 51: /tmp/mysql2004-12-08-140005.sql.gz.52jbkt: cannot overwrite existing file And now that gzip-1.3.5-r1 has been removed from the tree I don't have a working version of gzip.
fixed in gzip-1.3.5-r5
Confirmed fixed in gzip-1.3.5-r5
