From owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Feb 27 21:20:01 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@hub.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 079381065678 for ; Wed, 27 Feb 2008 21:20:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::28]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DC4C88FC26 for ; Wed, 27 Feb 2008 21:20:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (gnats@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id m1RLK01M055783 for ; Wed, 27 Feb 2008 21:20:00 GMT (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.2/8.14.1/Submit) id m1RLK08o055782; Wed, 27 Feb 2008 21:20:00 GMT (envelope-from gnats) Resent-Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2008 21:20:00 GMT Resent-Message-Id: <200802272120.m1RLK08o055782@freefall.freebsd.org> Resent-From: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org (GNATS Filer) Resent-To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Resent-Reply-To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org, Jan Mikkelsen Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 392EA1065670 for ; Wed, 27 Feb 2008 21:10:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nobody@FreeBSD.org) Received: from www.freebsd.org (www.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::21]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2DF3F8FC2D for ; Wed, 27 Feb 2008 21:10:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nobody@FreeBSD.org) Received: from www.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by www.freebsd.org (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id m1RL7hrp067361 for ; Wed, 27 Feb 2008 21:07:43 GMT (envelope-from nobody@www.freebsd.org) Received: (from nobody@localhost) by www.freebsd.org (8.14.2/8.14.1/Submit) id m1RL7hJh067360; Wed, 27 Feb 2008 21:07:43 GMT (envelope-from nobody) Message-Id: <200802272107.m1RL7hJh067360@www.freebsd.org> Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2008 21:07:43 GMT From: Jan Mikkelsen To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org X-Send-Pr-Version: www-3.1 Cc: Subject: bin/121158: Tar regression from 6.2 to 6.3 with --strip-components X-BeenThere: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Bug reports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2008 21:20:01 -0000 >Number: 121158 >Category: bin >Synopsis: Tar regression from 6.2 to 6.3 with --strip-components >Confidential: no >Severity: serious >Priority: medium >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Wed Feb 27 21:20:00 UTC 2008 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Jan Mikkelsen >Release: 6.3-RC2 >Organization: Transactionware >Environment: FreeBSD midgard.transactionware.com 6.3-RC2 FreeBSD 6.3-RC2 #0: Fri Jan 11 10:55:31 EST 2008 root@midgard.transactionware.com:/scratch/janm/p4/image-freebsd-std-2008.1/work/base-freebsd/scratch/janm/p4/image-freebsd-std-2008.1/FreeBSD/src/sys/TW-SMP amd64 >Description: I've just noticed a regression in tar from 6.2 to 6.3: Running this on 6.2 produces no output: #!/bin/sh mkdir -p a b output touch a/file1 b/file2 tar cf test.tar a b tar -x -C output --strip-components 1 -f test.tar On 6.3, it produces this output: : Invalid empty pathname : Invalid empty pathname tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors. And the tar extraction returns a failure. >How-To-Repeat: As above. >Fix: Not known at this stage. >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: