Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2008 01:08:59 +0100 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.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: <4786B39B.6020403@FreeBSD.org> 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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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 OK, so it's already fixed? Kris
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