From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Fri May 26 09:26:00 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7A98B16A469 for ; Fri, 26 May 2006 09:26:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from noackjr@alumni.rice.edu) Received: from smtp105.biz.mail.re2.yahoo.com (smtp105.biz.mail.re2.yahoo.com [206.190.52.174]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id D8BC643D53 for ; Fri, 26 May 2006 09:25:57 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from noackjr@alumni.rice.edu) Received: (qmail 43718 invoked from network); 26 May 2006 09:25:57 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO optimator.noacks.org) (noackjr@supercrime.org@24.99.22.177 with login) by smtp105.biz.mail.re2.yahoo.com with SMTP; 26 May 2006 09:25:57 -0000 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by optimator.noacks.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3D5AF62F2; Fri, 26 May 2006 05:25:56 -0400 (EDT) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at noacks.org Received: from optimator.noacks.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (optimator.noacks.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id lMVpxexcNOho; Fri, 26 May 2006 05:25:55 -0400 (EDT) Received: from compgeek.noacks.org (compgeek [192.168.1.10]) by optimator.noacks.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EFD2E62F8; Fri, 26 May 2006 05:25:54 -0400 (EDT) Received: from [127.0.0.1] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by compgeek.noacks.org (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k4Q9PsoG039510; Fri, 26 May 2006 05:25:54 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from noackjr@alumni.rice.edu) Message-ID: <4476C99C.50200@alumni.rice.edu> Date: Fri, 26 May 2006 05:25:48 -0400 From: Jonathan Noack User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.2 (X11/20060422) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Jean-Marc Zucconi References: <200605251845.k4PIjdx7070553@freefall.freebsd.org> <4476457A.5050800@alumni.rice.edu> <200605260837.k4Q8btpl031485@freefall.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <200605260837.k4Q8btpl031485@freefall.freebsd.org> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.94.0.0 OpenPGP: id=991D8195; url=http://www.noacks.org/cert/noackjr.asc Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enig603C4494F12AB93176EFD33E" Cc: Tim Kientzle , freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: (bsd)tar is broken on 6.1 X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: noackjr@alumni.rice.edu List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 26 May 2006 09:26:00 -0000 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enig603C4494F12AB93176EFD33E Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 05/26/06 04:37, Jean-Marc Zucconi wrote: >>>>>> Jonathan Noack writes: >=20 > > Jean-Marc Zucconi wrote: > >> # tar cf /dev/null X11R6.old > >> # archive_write_pax_header: 'x' header failed?! This can't happen.= >=20 > > This seems to work fine here: > > [noackjr@optimator:/usr] $ uname -rm > > 6.1-RELEASE i386 > > [noackjr@optimator:/usr] $ tar --version > > bsdtar 1.02.023, libarchive 1.02.026 > > Copyright (C) 2003-2005 Tim Kientzle > > [noackjr@optimator:/usr] $ tar cf /dev/null X11R6 > > [noackjr@optimator:/usr] $ >=20 > Sure, but the directories are not the same. As you provided no details in your original email, I was forced to assume that the problem was in the use of /dev/null (I used the X11R6 directory for fun). I was mistaken, but remember that not *all* of us can read your mind... :) > I have narrowed the problem to a specific subdirectory and I think I > have the explanation: >=20 > -rw-r--r-- 1 jmz jmz 4312 Apr 16 1947 supclkrd.prg >=20 > Don't ask me why the date is wrong, this is really old stuff :-) >=20 > On the other hand tar has no problem extracting it. If someone wants > to debug it, the archive is available as > http://people.freebsd.org/~jmz/a.tar I see the same thing here. Touching supclkrd.prg to bring the date current makes the problem go away. Tim, any thoughts? -Jonathan --=20 Jonathan Noack | noackjr@alumni.rice.edu | OpenPGP: 0x991D8195 --------------enig603C4494F12AB93176EFD33E Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFEdsmiUFz01pkdgZURAiWgAJ9cl00ALqLtmcQJROKEKDxeJQFxNgCfbbY3 wFF/hxuSX3+L3oqP+ALXNV0= =1S+/ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enig603C4494F12AB93176EFD33E--