Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2003 05:40:09 -0800 (PST) From: Yar Tikhiy <yar@FreeBSD.org> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: bin/47560: tar 'z' option gzip'd output has extra garbage Message-ID: <200311261340.hAQDe9hZ065493@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR bin/47560; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Yar Tikhiy <yar@FreeBSD.org> To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org, archie@packetdesign.com Cc: Subject: Re: bin/47560: tar 'z' option gzip'd output has extra garbage Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2003 16:35:52 +0300 This seems to be an undocumented feature (i.e., a bug) of GNU tar itself. If writing a compressed archive to anything but a plain file, GNU tar will zero pad it to the next block boundary (10K by default.) I think documenting this feature in the FreeBSD tar(1) manpage will be sufficient to close this PR. -- Yar
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