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Subject: bsdtar / libarchive bug?
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It seems bsdtar can create files it cant read. i.e. it will happily create
empty tar.gz files but when it comes to read them the following error
is output:
tar: Unrecognized archive format: Inappropriate file type or format

Having a look at libarchive shows the following code:
    /* An empty archive is a serious error. */
    if (bytes_read == 0) {
        archive_set_error(a, ARCHIVE_ERRNO_FILE_FORMAT,
            "Empty input file");
        return (ARCHIVE_FATAL);
    }

Which is where I expect the issue is, why would an empty archive
be fatal? I can see any reason for this, yes its strange but there's
nothing fatal about it imo.

    Steve


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