From owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Dec 29 20:10:01 2007 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 EE5EC16A41B for ; Sat, 29 Dec 2007 20:10:01 +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 CD68713C45D for ; Sat, 29 Dec 2007 20:10:01 +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 lBTKA1fc081034 for ; Sat, 29 Dec 2007 20:10:01 GMT (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.2/8.14.1/Submit) id lBTKA1Uh081033; Sat, 29 Dec 2007 20:10:01 GMT (envelope-from gnats) Resent-Date: Sat, 29 Dec 2007 20:10:01 GMT Resent-Message-Id: <200712292010.lBTKA1Uh081033@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, Volker Theile Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ECF0416A418 for ; Sat, 29 Dec 2007 20:03:25 +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 DB22213C43E for ; Sat, 29 Dec 2007 20:03:25 +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 lBTK2hdV037478 for ; Sat, 29 Dec 2007 20:02:43 GMT (envelope-from nobody@www.freebsd.org) Received: (from nobody@localhost) by www.freebsd.org (8.14.2/8.14.1/Submit) id lBTK2h95037477; Sat, 29 Dec 2007 20:02:43 GMT (envelope-from nobody) Message-Id: <200712292002.lBTK2h95037477@www.freebsd.org> Date: Sat, 29 Dec 2007 20:02:43 GMT From: Volker Theile To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org X-Send-Pr-Version: www-3.1 Cc: Subject: bin/119141: tar does not compress whole dirs in FreeBSD 6.3RC1 as it does in 6.2 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: Sat, 29 Dec 2007 20:10:02 -0000 >Number: 119141 >Category: bin >Synopsis: tar does not compress whole dirs in FreeBSD 6.3RC1 as it does in 6.2 >Confidential: no >Severity: critical >Priority: medium >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Sat Dec 29 20:10:01 UTC 2007 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Volker Theile >Release: FreeBSD6.3RC1 >Organization: FreeNAS >Environment: >Description: Compressing a whole directory creates different archives on FreeBSD 6.3RC1 and 6.2. On 6.3 a directory called '.' is created in the archive which contains the dirrctory structure i wanted to be compressed originally. FreeBSD6.2# tar -c -v -f - -C /usr/share/zoneinfo/ . | gzip -cv > /tmp/zoneinfo.tgz a . a Africa a America a Antarctica a Arctic a Asia .. a Africa/Harare a Africa/Ceuta 85.7% FreeBSD6.3# tar -c -v -f - -C /usr/share/zoneinfo/ . | gzip -cv > /tmp/zoneinfo.tgz a ./. a ./Africa a ./America a ./Antarctica a ./Arctic a ./Asia .. a ./Africa/Harare a ./Africa/Ceuta 85.7% >How-To-Repeat: Execute the following command: tar -c -v -f - -C /usr/share/zoneinfo/ . | gzip -cv > /tmp/zoneinfo.tgz >Fix: >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: