Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2008 11:06:35 +1100 From: Edwin Groothuis <edwin@mavetju.org> To: Steven Hartland <killing@multiplay.co.uk> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD tar errors on valid empty tar.gz Message-ID: <20080111000635.GB37323@k7.mavetju> In-Reply-To: <00a801c853e4$5589eb10$b6db87d4@multiplay.co.uk> References: <004901c853dc$54acf230$b6db87d4@multiplay.co.uk> <1EBB2F6E-DE1F-4EDE-885F-F8CEB60E6F6A@mac.com> <00a801c853e4$5589eb10$b6db87d4@multiplay.co.uk>
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On Thu, Jan 10, 2008 at 11:55:52PM -0000, Steven Hartland wrote: > A totally empty file is not valid try the following test:- > >touch empty > >tar cvzf test.tar.gz --files-from empty > >tar tvzf test.tar.gz > >tar: Unrecognized archive format: Inappropriate file type or format > >tar --version > >bsdtar 1.2.53 - libarchive 1.2.53 > >gtar tvzf test.tar.gz > >gtar --version > >tar (GNU tar) 1.15.1 > > Tested on: FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE-p9 Please send-pr this so tkientzle@ can take action on it. Edwin -- Edwin Groothuis | Personal website: http://www.mavetju.org edwin@mavetju.org | Weblog: http://www.mavetju.org/weblog/
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