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From: "Kris Kennaway" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Steven Hartland wrote:
A totally empty file is not valid try the following test:-
touch empty
tar cvzf test.tar.gz --files-from empty
tar tvzf test.tar.gz tar: Unrecognized archive format: Inappropriate
file type or format
tar --version
bsdtar 1.2.53 - libarchive 1.2.53
gtar tvzf test.tar.gz
gtar --version
tar (GNU tar) 1.15.1
Tested on: FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE-p9
OK, so it's already fixed?
Not that I'm aware of. gtar works but libarchive tar fails on
the file it created.
Regards
Steve
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