Adding this restriction means we can filter any FILENAME entry from
starting with a "/" or a ".". Use the term "dot" as it is more
computing relevant compared to "full stop" or "period" which vary
depending on English locale.
Signed-off-by: Allan McRae
---
doc/PKGBUILD.5.txt | 2 +-
scripts/makepkg.sh.in | 4 ++++
2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/doc/PKGBUILD.5.txt b/doc/PKGBUILD.5.txt
index ea280a0..e78a8e5 100644
--- a/doc/PKGBUILD.5.txt
+++ b/doc/PKGBUILD.5.txt
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ similar to `$_basekernver`.
Either the name of the package or an array of names for split packages.
Valid characters for members of this array are alphanumerics, and any of
the following characters: ```@ . _ + -`''. Additionally, names are not
- allowed to start with hyphens.
+ allowed to start with hyphens or dots.
*pkgver*::
The version of the software as released from the author (e.g., '2.7.1').
diff --git a/scripts/makepkg.sh.in b/scripts/makepkg.sh.in
index 08dcf4c..a8a552f 100644
--- a/scripts/makepkg.sh.in
+++ b/scripts/makepkg.sh.in
@@ -2111,6 +2111,10 @@ check_sanity() {
error "$(gettext "%s is not allowed to start with a hyphen.")" "pkgname"
ret=1
fi
+ if [[ ${i:0:1} = "." ]]; then
+ error "$(gettext "%s is not allowed to start with a dot.")" "pkgname"
+ ret=1
+ fi
if [[ $i = *[^[:alnum:]+_.@-]* ]]; then
error "$(gettext "%s contains invalid characters: '%s'")" \
'pkgname' "${pkgname//[[:alnum:]+_.@-]}"
--
1.8.3