Some further information for your consideration. I can replicate the bug with the current version in sid (1.15.1-4). I tested with version 1.15.90, found on ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/tar/, with the following results.
Create tarball as per instructions by Scott Edwards, using 1.15.1-4, then extract it using same version. Result: win98/drivec.img is zero bytes. Extraction with 1.15.90 also results in a zero byte file. Creating the tarball with 1.15.90 and extracting it with the same version works (file is identical to the original file created with dd). Extracting with 1.15.1-4 also works. Thus I assume the problem is in the code that creates the file in 1.15.1-4 (and the other versions that are affected), and also that it has since been fixed in upstream. I didn't find out what the actual change was, in order to backport it, however. -- Wolfen one, you are my midday moon and I your midnight sun. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
