Bug#640669: libgfshare-bin: gfsplit /foo/bar/baz doesn't work as expected

2011-09-06 Thread Simon McVittie
tags 640669 + upstream forwarded 640669 https://bugs.launchpad.net/debian/+source/libgfshare/+bug/842654 thanks On Tue, 06 Sep 2011 at 12:19:20 +, A. N. Other wrote: > If you do > > $ cd > $ gfsplit /etc/passwd > > gfsplit will attempt to create shares called /etc/passwd.NNN, and > fail, [.

Bug#640669: libgfshare-bin: gfsplit /foo/bar/baz doesn't work as expected

2011-09-06 Thread A. N. Other
Package: libgfshare-bin Version: 1.0.3-3 Severity: minor If you do $ cd $ gfsplit /etc/passwd gfsplit will attempt to create shares called /etc/passwd.NNN, and fail, assuming you're not root. This violates the principle of least surprise; I would expect it to create shares called passwd.NNN in t