Date: Fri, 26 May 2006 11:34:43 +0200 From: "Patrick M. Hausen" <hausen@punkt.de> To: Jonathan Noack <noackjr@alumni.rice.edu> Cc: Tim Kientzle <kientzle@freebsd.org>, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: (bsd)tar is broken on 6.1 Message-ID: <20060526093443.GC94280@hugo10.ka.punkt.de> In-Reply-To: <4476C99C.50200@alumni.rice.edu> References: <200605251845.k4PIjdx7070553@freefall.freebsd.org> <4476457A.5050800@alumni.rice.edu> <200605260837.k4Q8btpl031485@freefall.freebsd.org> <4476C99C.50200@alumni.rice.edu>
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Hello! > > I have narrowed the problem to a specific subdirectory and I think I > > have the explanation: > > > > -rw-r--r-- 1 jmz jmz 4312 Apr 16 1947 supclkrd.prg > > > > Don't ask me why the date is wrong, this is really old stuff :-) Since there cannot be a date before January 1st 1970, 0:00 on any Unix system, i guess there's something seriously broken here. Signed/unsigned overflow for the time_t value in question? Regards, Patrick M. Hausen -- punkt.de GmbH Internet - Dienstleistungen - Beratung Vorholzstr. 25 Tel. 0721 9109 -0 Fax: -100 76137 Karlsruhe http://punkt.de
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