[Bug 1230233] Re: Unzip fails to manage symlinked files

[Dominik Viererbe]

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Title:
  Unzip fails to manage symlinked files

Status in unzip package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  As shown in this thread: http://git.661346.n2.nabble.com/quot-git-archive-quot-seems-to-be-broken-wrt-zip-files-td6780039.html
  unzip fails to manage zip archive containing symlinks. The following patch solves this issue (tested on the same environment where the bug triggers)

  Os: XUbunutu 13.10

  Index: unzip-6.0/process.c
  ===================================================================
  --- unzip-6.0.orig/process.c    2013-09-25 13:33:27.000000000 +0200
  +++ unzip-6.0/process.c 2013-09-25 13:36:55.120183367 +0200
  @@ -1758,6 +1758,12 @@
           = (G.crec.general_purpose_bit_flag & (1 << 11)) == (1 << 11);
   #endif
   
  +#ifdef SYMLINKS
  +    /* Initialize the symlink flag, may be set by the platform-specific 
  +       mapattr function.  */ 
  +    G.pInfo->symlink = 0; 
  +#endif
  +
       return PK_COOL;
   
   } /* end function process_cdir_file_hdr() */

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04
  Package: unzip 6.0-8ubuntu1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-30.44-generic 3.8.13.6
  Uname: Linux 3.8.13.6 x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia wl
  ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu8.3
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Wed Sep 25 13:46:39 2013
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-02-05 (231 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Release amd64 (20121017.1)
  MarkForUpload: True
  SourcePackage: unzip
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to raring on 2013-04-30 (147 days ago)

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