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shar files [For testing: Window Maker 0.65]

To: ports@openbsd.org
Subject: shar files [For testing: Window Maker 0.65]
From: Grigoriy Orlov <gluk@ptci.ru>
Date: Wed, 16 May 2001 21:08:55 +0400
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>    ---- File information -----------
>      File:  windowmaker-0.65.0.shar
>      Date:  16 May 2001, 17:16
>      Size:  31002 bytes.
>      Type:  Unknown

Hi!

I think we must refuse shell archives. It is easy to insert trojan
horses into them. And it is hard to examine 30kb file before extracting it.
Is there are any reason to send .shar files to ports@ instead of .tgz ?
shar files at least 4 times larger than .tgz

	Grigoriy.

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  - From: naddy@mips.inka.de (Christian Weisgerber)

References:
- For testing: Window Maker 0.65
  - From: "Peter Stromberg" <wilfried@openbsd.org>

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