Date: Fri, 26 May 2006 05:25:48 -0400 From: Jonathan Noack <noackjr@alumni.rice.edu> To: Jean-Marc Zucconi <jmz@freebsd.org> Cc: Tim Kientzle <kientzle@freebsd.org>, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: (bsd)tar is broken on 6.1 Message-ID: <4476C99C.50200@alumni.rice.edu> In-Reply-To: <200605260837.k4Q8btpl031485@freefall.freebsd.org> References: <200605251845.k4PIjdx7070553@freefall.freebsd.org> <4476457A.5050800@alumni.rice.edu> <200605260837.k4Q8btpl031485@freefall.freebsd.org>
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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--
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