Date: Sun, 15 Mar 1998 19:28:32 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: Martin Stromberg <Martin DOT Stromberg AT lu DOT erisoft DOT se>
cc: DJGPP <djgpp AT delorie DOT com>
Subject: Re: Unsolved bug in djtar from alpha 202 (was: Re: Where to get the latest sources for djtar)
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On Sun, 15 Mar 1998, Martin Stromberg wrote:

> Please note that djtar can still be made to loop endlessly, but without 
> overwriting the stack, on the right input in plain DOS.
> 
> Say you have a tar file containing the directories "1/aaaaaaaa" 
> (eight As) and "1/aaaaaaaaa" (nine As). djtar creates the first 
> directory, but fails on the second (as it is the same name in  plain 
> DOS). The user is asked for a new name, he answers "aaaaaaaa" (eight 
> As), which will fail. Then he answers "aaaaaaaaa" (nine As). 

This will loop quite rightfully.  A user who tries hard to fail `djtar' 
should have his/her way... ;-).