[pacman-dev] Missing sanity checks for path -> weird behaviors and segfaults

[Andrew Fyfe]

Xavier wrote:
> If Root isn't specified, paths like (null)var/ will be created.
> I think pacman should either default to / for Root, or just fail if it isn't
> set.
The backend (although I think this is a frontend problem :) should do

if ( stat(rootdir, &buf) != 0 || ! S_ISDIR(&buf->st_mode) )
	Ooops invalid root directory....

Doesn't the frontend already default to / or are you talking about a 
case where rootdir='' in pacman.conf?

Andrew