bb tar (1.1.3) bug?

[Robert P. J. Day]

On Tue, 18 Jul 2006, Cristian Ionescu-Idbohrn wrote:

... snip ...

> Index: find_list_entry.c
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: /cvs/busybox/archival/libunarchive/find_list_entry.c,v
> retrieving revision 1.1.1.2
> retrieving revision 1.4
> diff -u -b -B -p -r1.1.1.2 -r1.4
> --- find_list_entry.c	29 Jun 2006 16:18:07 -0000	1.1.1.2
> +++ find_list_entry.c	18 Jul 2006 09:17:13 -0000	1.4
> @@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
>  const llist_t *find_list_entry(const llist_t *list, const char *filename)
>  {
>  	while (list) {
> -		if (fnmatch(list->data, filename, 0) == 0) {
> +		if (fnmatch(list->data, filename, FNM_LEADING_DIR) == 0) {
>  			return(list);
>  		}
>  		list = list->link;
> ---8<---

there have been at least a couple threads on precisely this topic, one
starting here:

  http://www.busybox.net/lists/busybox/2006-April/020461.html

the primary objection to that fix is expressed by rich felker here:

  http://www.busybox.net/lists/busybox/2006-April/020578.html

so, at this point, i guess it's still an open problem.

rday