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Date:      Tue, 22 Oct 1996 00:42:29 +0300 (EET DST)
From:      Taavi Talvik <taavi@saast.uninet.ee>
To:        FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org
Subject:   bin/1858: pkg_add recursively removes user home directory
Message-ID:  <199610212142.AAA13665@saast.uninet.ee>
Resent-Message-ID: <199610212150.OAA15620@freefall.freebsd.org>

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>Number:         1858
>Category:       bin
>Synopsis:       pkg_add recursively removes user home directory
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       critical
>Priority:       high
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Mon Oct 21 14:50:00 PDT 1996
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Taavi Talvik
>Organization:
Uninet
>Release:        FreeBSD 2.2-CURRENT i386
>Environment:

FreeBSD-SNAP-960801 (not entirely shure about it)

>Description:

If pkg_add is run as normal users, and is aborted by CTRL-C,
it recursively removes users home (or current?) directory.

>How-To-Repeat:

Try pkg_add ftp://a.b.c/pub/FreeBSD/packages-current/All/package.tar.gz

Press CTRL-C in, when pkg_add is still in working. 

>Fix:
	
Not known
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:



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