bug processing zip file with errors

[Mariano Absatz]

Thanx a lot Fred for contacting Ned...

After debuggin MailScanner and Archive::Zip (adding 'print STDERR' here and 
there) I saw that the problem was Archive::Zip looping and not MailScanner.

Will try this version of Archive::Zip right away and tell you about it...

El 30 Jun 2004 a las 15:44, Fred Broughton escribió:

> I have an alpha release of Archive::Zip rev 1.11 from Ned Konz and his
> OK to share with the list. We should try to give him some feedback ASAP.
> Here are his notes.
> 
> Hi Fred,
> 
> I added a patch from Julian Field that is supposed to prevent looping on
> 
> certain corrupt files.
> 
> I have also added code to deal with a certain sub-type of the Zip files
> that 
> is used by (for instance) Java JAR files in some cases.
> 
> I've attached it; can you see if it makes a difference?
> 
> Thanks,
> -- 
> Ned Konz
> http://bike-nomad.com
> 
> Phred Wrote> Excellent! Is it OK with you if I share this in the
> MailScanner list?
> 
> Sure. The code could stand a few more eyes before I release it.
> 
> I sent a copy to the Amavis people too but haven't heard back.
> 
> The changes since 1.10 include:
> 
>   - Fix to avoid endless looping on certain corrupt zip files
>   - Handling of zip files with data descriptors (like some Java JAR
> files)
>   - Handle unicode strings as input to Archive::Zip::Member::contents(),
> 
>     Archive::Zip::Member::contents(), and 
> Archive::Zip::Archive::zipfileComment()
> 
> Ned
> 

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Mariano Absatz
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