Re: extfs changes with mc 4.8.25 regarding '.' '..' in filenames list

[dieter <d_werner gmx net>]

On Wed, 21 Oct 2020 18:39:36 +0300
Andrew Borodin wrote:

> On Wed, 21 Oct 2020 15:05:10 +0200 dieter via mc-devel
> <mc-devel gnome org> wrote:
> > This "untar" module adds "./" at the beginning of the extracted
> > filenames in order to handle filenames beginning with a blank.
> >
> > Removing this "./" it works again, except for filenames which start
> > with a blank - they are listed in the panel but can not be opened or
> > extracted because tar can not find them in the archive without the
> > missing blank.
>
> Seems this bug and https://midnight-commander.org/ticket/4077 have
> the same root.
a filename beginning with "-" is worse than a blank...

> > I found that in some other extfs modules (for deb and urar) in mc
> > 4.2.25 also the "./" was removed
>
> I'll try to get extfs working again with leading ./ in the file names.
great, thanks a lot!

Regards,
        Dieter