Hi all,
Simple summary: gunzip executes any "gzip" executable if the caller
adjusts PATH.
$ echo "boom" > gzip
$ chmod +x gzip
$ PATH="$PWD:$PATH" /usr/bin/gunzip
boom
We discovered this as part of a fix to libXpm, an library to parse X
pixmaps. libXpm forks out to gunzip to decompress an xpm.g
On 2023-01-17 20:39, Peter Hutterer wrote:
Not sure if this is a bug, intentional, or just a "meh, too niche to
worry about".
I'd say it's intentional.
These days you're probably better off linking to zlib instead.
