> There is a (mostly useful) feature in "tar" [...] > So you do this as root, needing write access to /usr/src. Sorry, it's a non-issue. Nobody sane should ever untar anything using root permissions. A tar file can include almost anything, including device nodes or an open /etc/passwd. If you want to damage your own system, untar the appended sample tar file as root (fortunately, GNU tar strips the leading "/" by default). In the specific Linux case, you don't need to extract sources in /usr/src (I have them all over the place, and they compile fine). Even if you want to do that in /usr/src, you'd better chown the directory to your personal account and avoid working as root. /alessandro begin 664 extractme.tar.gz M'XL("-ZU%#@``W1R>2YT87(`[=1+"L(P$`;@K#W%W""3-_0V:@NZJ)6FZO5- MXQ,7@F!JP?\+-$DW,^&'D<VPEJ(LLAR"(T$C?MFO%PK,3AFMM$EWS\X)<H7[ MR@YQ6/9$4Y2:(SGFOU_&>*J+U5#,WMHW^1OWR-_Y]",8RX*X6$=/_CS_ONN& MJN*T\DE>OJOM3L;-XM?-07&R;HZSFO]!Y_GO+>;_%'+^;=.6K$$ZY1\^R3\X G;029DDW=?"O__`Y%]QT``````````````````&!"9[4*DF``*``` ` end
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