Hello all,
Our tar(pax-as-tar) can handle GNU tar LONGNAME extension, but pax and
cpio are disabled.
> options.c:1.49
> date: 2002/10/16 18:53:40; author: christos; state: Exp; lines: +3 -2
> turn gnu tar off by pax and cpio front ends.
But I guess pax intend to process GNU tar extension and fails.
> % pax -f longname.tar
> pax: Trying to read GNU tar archive with GNU extensions and end-of-volume
> checks off
> pax: GNU Long File found in posix ustar archive.
>
> pax: Invalid header, starting valid header search.
> very_very_very_very_very_very_very_very_very_very_very_very_very_very_very_very_very_very_very_long
So I suggest:
> diff -u src/bin/pax.mod/tar.c.ORIG src/bin/pax.mod/tar.c
> --- src/bin/pax.mod/tar.c.ORIG 2013-01-25 02:43:44.000000000 +0900
> +++ src/bin/pax.mod/tar.c 2013-07-29 21:35:39.000000000 +0900
> @@ -790,6 +790,7 @@
> /* This is GNU tar */
> if (strncmp(hd->magic, "ustar ", 8) == 0 && !is_gnutar &&
> !seen_gnu_warning) {
> + is_gnutar = 1;
> seen_gnu_warning = 1;
> tty_warn(0,
> "Trying to read GNU tar archive with GNU extensions and
> end-of-volume checks off");
Any comments?
Regards,
--
nakayosh
