Re: [Bug-wget] [bug #45037] wget -O foo ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/Linux/mirrors/debian/README deletes README symlink

[Darshit Shah]

On 05/06, Ángel wrote:
> Follow-up Comment #3, bug #45037 (project wget):
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> It's clearly a bug. If we are downloading README to local file foo, there's no
> reason to remove the local symlink README.
I agree. This is definitely a bug.

> When we want to save into a name where there's currently a symlink,
> consistency with shell > would dictate just to follow the link on writing, but
> as that may lead to security issues, replacing with a file may also be
> acceptable.
My guess is, we should default to shell like behaviour and provide a command 
line option to instead replace the file, if the user wishes so.

Given that this is a clearly documented feature of Wget, that -O is supposed to 
work as shell redirection, I think it should not pose too many issues. Yes, 
there is the security risk where another file may be overwritten, but I think 
the user should be careful about those.
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Thanking You,
Darshit Shah

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