From owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 13 08:30:24 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@hub.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E0DA816A4CF for ; Mon, 13 Dec 2004 08:30:24 +0000 (GMT) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [216.136.204.21]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AA08C43D2F for ; Mon, 13 Dec 2004 08:30:24 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (gnats@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id iBD8UOHg056359 for ; Mon, 13 Dec 2004 08:30:24 GMT (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.13.1/8.13.1/Submit) id iBD8UOEA056358; Mon, 13 Dec 2004 08:30:24 GMT (envelope-from gnats) Resent-Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2004 08:30:24 GMT Resent-Message-Id: <200412130830.iBD8UOEA056358@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, Mike Meyer Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5E24516A4CE for ; Mon, 13 Dec 2004 08:21:54 +0000 (GMT) Received: from delight.idiom.com (delight.idiom.com [216.240.32.16]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4794A43D6E for ; Mon, 13 Dec 2004 08:21:54 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from mwm@mired.org) Received: from idiom.com (idiom.com [216.240.32.1]) by delight.idiom.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3E2DA1CD9A9 for ; Mon, 13 Dec 2004 00:21:54 -0800 (PST) Received: from mired.org (mwm@idiom [216.240.32.1]) by idiom.com (8.12.11/8.12.11) with SMTP id iBD8Lqsp048541 for ; Mon, 13 Dec 2004 00:21:53 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mwm@mired.org) Received: (qmail 13691 invoked by uid 1001); 13 Dec 2004 08:21:52 -0000 Message-Id: <20041213082152.13690.qmail@mired.org> Date: 13 Dec 2004 08:21:52 -0000 From: Mike Meyer To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org X-Send-Pr-Version: 3.113 Subject: bin/75012: bsdtar refuses to handle some tar files X-BeenThere: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: Mike Meyer List-Id: Bug reports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2004 08:30:25 -0000 >Number: 75012 >Category: bin >Synopsis: bsdtar refuses to handle some tar files >Confidential: no >Severity: serious >Priority: high >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Mon Dec 13 08:30:24 GMT 2004 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Mike Meyer >Release: FreeBSD 5.3-RELEASE i386 >Organization: Meyer Consulting >Environment: System: FreeBSD guru.mired.org 5.3-RELEASE FreeBSD 5.3-RELEASE #0: Fri Nov 5 04:19:18 UTC 2004 root@harlow.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC i386 >Description: I've got a tar file that bsdtar refuses to process completely. It gets about halfway through it, and then blows up. gtar works just fine, and so does the standard tar on 4.6. Unfortunately, I can't let you have a copy of the tar file because it's licensed. You can get it via the web at http://www.acm.org/~perlman/stat/, but you have to agree to Perlmans license restrictions. >How-To-Repeat: Get the tar file from the above address, and try running tar on it on a 5.3 system. >Fix: The work around is to use gtar. But bsdtar ought to be fixed. >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: