From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Wed Jul 15 12:00:26 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B7E9F9A2192 for ; Wed, 15 Jul 2015 12:00:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nvass@gmx.com) Received: from mout.gmx.net (mout.gmx.net [212.227.17.20]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "mout.gmx.net", Issuer "TeleSec ServerPass DE-1" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 491DF2833 for ; Wed, 15 Jul 2015 12:00:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nvass@gmx.com) Received: from moby.local ([37.6.29.167]) by mail.gmx.com (mrgmx101) with ESMTPSA (Nemesis) id 0LlYrb-1YeuTh2ydr-00bHuI; Wed, 15 Jul 2015 14:00:22 +0200 Message-ID: <55A64B2B.3040709@gmx.com> Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2015 14:59:39 +0300 From: Nikos Vassiliadis User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/31.7.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Marcus Reid CC: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Questions" Subject: Re: tar: Damaged tar archive, Retrying... References: <55A3F7F2.3060400@gmx.com> <20150714204305.GA89782@blazingdot.com> In-Reply-To: <20150714204305.GA89782@blazingdot.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Provags-ID: V03:K0:bQGqZPT/lWriBhkCU9bqS4NUp7diLYPvm9MCEd4mrm/wkAEe1yD Wk2EKOq4m2YQWY/4ypAkaPJksqjAsDwXCHCDnBmd3lGDt9+oWQZUPSD1wimWn8ahKWq7o3S zJ5nhpm+ytPcn/WY/SRZs/s5LIQPMisgvFy9lONyvg4ZrLT+SYI8ePpWUECeIn+zh3CwkpF ie5fd9vhlMif1zskGuo+g== X-UI-Out-Filterresults: notjunk:1;V01:K0:C+PorDoKKcU=:FLDij5b3o5Pdycc/tpVgfw Vg8e5Ahe5Y2a8kWYi+ApSFQAAtvusqK1UvE+Qo0jf3Q7dHjHqV8Xq4FR+Ml73zyB9u4T9LJ1p lY4fUQpBcT0xuKUaiM3xWbQKPIoKFixju5YSVAtJWQHTImrhJLbUsrzjuh78T1pYX5aPgRimk zpJhMzOvmv4iIX+tsYebmtg2HQklkeyLr94ZLEBCG8CCq1o2rx+3LAOdPGOFEf2mJN3FddHG3 NKHwNFtjplcDWXTLUXTGcvuC00QiZhLRxxsTmsgBGvlqJ0nUHf5Tq3aHPKXOZ3RFDo/1GrjcB 6Aimep9kZn1HlAEwdAH+F/IocxTNVWekQni3Y+2pXJLDtjrY1y7bzwDdec+7a8LLIHYlKgyDn CWMbQ6uOH1vGWZ3OKJ1jcjyWOgMLkA79oAlZgQC5CSzWSz/nEUT9Ts+vazfMTGr/p4lt2dvcA YD4uSnRN31idw1nID1hLQR/F/Dt6tmVPaf+tnLOQVg4pQljZh1cIP33MvPqCgFLFaL4jowVl7 n/QOkB3M5FYTRTc5ujL1HUoSlR8IfmiMP4yAnDOqY2D1izbHRfDmY9gKtldB8Z+LK+pXNTp3S LkJVdSEv2Lr0ciOB1NOeo4PuTj64Ms2qVhONz8mMxCyeHIy2V6gDCKRU/LP6SeHRUP20WVDmY aTXH1x0P91Zy/64G9Lt8ped0hIAe7E8kKQ/7MEvENUtQ0JzH/BbY53XZAvk1GG2eMHeg= X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2015 12:00:26 -0000 On 07/14/15 23:43, Marcus Reid wrote: > On Mon, Jul 13, 2015 at 08:40:02PM +0300, Nikos Vassiliadis wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I am currently using tar to copy some very files to another host and >> got this: >>> tar: Damaged tar archive >>> tar: Retrying... >>> tar: Damaged tar archive >>> tar: Retrying... >>> tar: Damaged tar archive >>> tar: Retrying... >>> tar: Damaged tar archive >>> tar: Retrying... >>> tar: Damaged tar archive >> >> The copy is done using tar|nc and nc|tar on the receiving host. >> This looks like a bug and I wonder whether the copy is OK. > > I have submitted a bug report for a problem that causes this output. > It's likely the same bug that you're encountering. > > The fix is upstream in libarchive, but in the meantime you can use gtar > :( > > https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=201506 Ok. Thanks!