From owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Nov 8 04:40:11 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@hub.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6524316A417 for ; Thu, 8 Nov 2007 04:40:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::28]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3447813C494 for ; Thu, 8 Nov 2007 04:40:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (gnats@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id lA84e3mD092188 for ; Thu, 8 Nov 2007 04:40:03 GMT (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.1/8.14.1/Submit) id lA84e3Y6092181; Thu, 8 Nov 2007 04:40:03 GMT (envelope-from gnats) Resent-Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2007 04:40:03 GMT Resent-Message-Id: <200711080440.lA84e3Y6092181@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, "Daniel O'Connor" Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 32C2716A46D for ; Thu, 8 Nov 2007 04:31:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from doconnor@cain.gsoft.com.au) Received: from cain.gsoft.com.au (cain.gsoft.com.au [203.31.81.10]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B960613C4B2 for ; Thu, 8 Nov 2007 04:31:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from doconnor@cain.gsoft.com.au) Received: from cain.gsoft.com.au (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by cain.gsoft.com.au (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id lA83nDmY084744 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Thu, 8 Nov 2007 14:19:13 +1030 (CST) (envelope-from doconnor@cain.gsoft.com.au) Received: (from doconnor@localhost) by cain.gsoft.com.au (8.13.8/8.13.8/Submit) id lA83nDAm084743; Thu, 8 Nov 2007 14:19:13 +1030 (CST) (envelope-from doconnor) Message-Id: <200711080349.lA83nDAm084743@cain.gsoft.com.au> Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2007 14:19:13 +1030 (CST) From: "Daniel O'Connor" To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org X-Send-Pr-Version: 3.113 Cc: Subject: bin/117909: BSDtar doesn't match files in a tar that gtar does X-BeenThere: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Daniel O'Connor List-Id: Bug reports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 08 Nov 2007 04:40:11 -0000 >Number: 117909 >Category: bin >Synopsis: BSDtar doesn't match files in a tar that gtar does >Confidential: no >Severity: serious >Priority: medium >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Thu Nov 08 04:40:02 UTC 2007 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Daniel O'Connor >Release: FreeBSD 6.2-STABLE amd64 >Organization: >Environment: System: FreeBSD cain.gsoft.com.au 6.2-STABLE FreeBSD 6.2-STABLE #0: Fri Feb 2 17:35:07 CST 2007 root@new-cain.gsoft.com.au:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC amd64 >Description: BSDtar doesn't seem to match files that GNUtar does. I have a tape containing gzip'd tar files from which I am trying to recover a directory tree. This works.. gtar -b 128 -zxvf /dev/nsa0 /foo/bar Whereas using bsdtar does not - it matches no files. >How-To-Repeat: I can't repeat this for small test archives but I have seen it happen twice with large (multi gigabyte) archives. >Fix: >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: