Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: file-roller
File Roller 2.20.1
tar (GNU tar) 1.18
gzip 1.3.12
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=7.10
DISTRIB_CODENAME=gutsy
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 7.10"
I discovered that when creating an archive of a user's home directory
File Roller would run until it exhausts all free space even if the
amount of data in the folder was relatively small. I traced the problem
to symlinks in ~/.wine/dosdevices (like "c: -> ../drive_c" or "h: ->
/home/user") which cause it to loop through other directories
repeatedly. It appears to ignore links to directories owned by root but
if they belong the the current user then it follows them. It also
doesn't seem to kill tar and gzip correctly when the archive creation
dialog is cancelled but this may be a different issue. Bug #124992 and
bug #117066 may be related.
** Affects: file-roller (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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Don't follow symlinks
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/189066
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