[tor-bugs] #10623 [Vidalia]: Vidalia standalone is a tarbomb

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#10623: Vidalia standalone is a tarbomb
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 Reporter:  bernie.allen  |          Owner:  chiiph
     Type:  defect        |         Status:  new
 Priority:  normal        |      Milestone:
Component:  Vidalia       |        Version:  Vidalia: 0.2.21
 Keywords:                |  Actual Points:
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 1. wget https://people.torproject.org/~erinn/vidalia-standalone-bundles
 /vidalia-standalone-0.2.21-gnu-linux-x86_64-1-en-US.tar.gz
 2. tar zxvf vidalia-standalone-0.2.21-gnu-linux-x86_64-1-en-US.tar.gz
 3. BOOM

 Is this by design?  I was not expecting it and it made a mess of my home
 directory.

 Not sure how obscure "tarbomb" is, so:
 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tar_%28computing%29#Tarbomb

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