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Add an append_link() method to handle long link targets
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We should support appending long symlink targets, because this
occurs in real world filesystems.  In my case, RPM set up
`.build-id` symlinks which can get long.

Add an `append_link()` method following the precendent of
`append_path()` - we're just supporting *two* potentially
long filenames.

As a side benefit, we can just do the `std::io::empty()` dance
internally and not require the caller to specify it.

The addition of special case `append()` methods is unfortunate,
because the header API methods are then really an attractive nuisance.
We should potentially consider deprecating them.

Closes: #192
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cgwalters committed Nov 18, 2021
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48 changes: 48 additions & 0 deletions src/builder.rs
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Expand Up @@ -162,6 +162,54 @@ impl<W: Write> Builder<W> {
self.append(&header, data)
}

/// Adds a new link (symbolic or hard) entry to this archive with the specified path and target.
///
/// This function is similar to [`Self::append_data`] which supports long filenames,
/// but also supports long link targets using GNU extensions if necessary.
/// You must set the entry type to either [`EntryType::Link`] or [`EntryType::Symlink`].
/// The `set_cksum` method will be invoked after setting the path. No other metadata in the
/// header will be modified.
///
/// If you are intending to use GNU extensions, you must use this method over calling
/// [`Header::set_link_name`] because that function will fail on long links.
///
/// Similar constraints around the position of the archive and completion
/// apply as with [`Self::append_data`].
///
/// # Errors
///
/// This function will return an error for any intermittent I/O error which
/// occurs when either reading or writing.
///
/// # Examples
///
/// ```
/// use tar::{Builder, Header};
///
/// let mut header = Header::new_gnu();
/// header.set_username("foo");
/// header.set_entry_type(EntryType::symlink());
/// header.set_size(0);
/// let mut ar = Builder::new(Vec::new());
/// ar.append_link(&mut header, "really/long/path/to/foo", "other/really/long/target").unwrap();
/// let data = ar.into_inner().unwrap();
/// ```
pub fn append_link<P: AsRef<Path>, T: AsRef<Path>>(
&mut self,
header: &mut Header,
path: P,
target: T,
) -> io::Result<()> {
self._append_link(header, path.as_ref(), target.as_ref())
}

fn _append_link(&mut self, header: &mut Header, path: &Path, target: &Path) -> io::Result<()> {
prepare_header_path(self.get_mut(), header, path)?;
prepare_header_link(self.get_mut(), header, target)?;
header.set_cksum();
self.append(&header, std::io::empty())
}

/// Adds a file on the local filesystem to this archive.
///
/// This function will open the file specified by `path` and insert the file
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2 changes: 2 additions & 0 deletions src/header.rs
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/// in the appropriate format. May fail if the link name is too long or if
/// the path specified is not Unicode and this is a Windows platform. Will
/// strip out any "." path component, which signifies the current directory.
///
/// To use GNU long link names, prefer instead [`crate::Builder::append_link`].
pub fn set_link_name<P: AsRef<Path>>(&mut self, p: P) -> io::Result<()> {
self._set_link_name(p.as_ref())
}
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20 changes: 20 additions & 0 deletions tests/all.rs
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Expand Up @@ -914,6 +914,26 @@ fn long_linkname_trailing_nul() {
assert_eq!(&*e.link_name_bytes().unwrap(), b"foo");
}

#[test]
fn long_linkname_gnu() {
for t in [tar::EntryType::Symlink, tar::EntryType::Link] {
let mut b = Builder::new(Vec::<u8>::new());
let mut h = Header::new_gnu();
h.set_entry_type(t);
let path = "usr/lib/.build-id/05/159ed904e45ff5100f7acd3d3b99fa7e27e34f";
let target = "../../../../usr/lib64/qt5/plugins/wayland-graphics-integration-server/libqt-wayland-compositor-xcomposite-egl.so";
t!(b.append_link(&mut h, path, target));

let contents = t!(b.into_inner());
let mut a = Archive::new(&contents[..]);

let e = &t!(t!(a.entries()).next().unwrap());
assert_eq!(e.header().entry_type(), t);
assert_eq!(e.path().unwrap().to_str().unwrap(), path);
assert_eq!(e.link_name().unwrap().unwrap().to_str().unwrap(), target);
}
}

#[test]
fn encoded_long_name_has_trailing_nul() {
let td = t!(TempBuilder::new().prefix("tar-rs").tempdir());
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