On Wed, Jun 22, 2016 at 12:14 PM, Listas IT <listas...@dna.uba.ar> wrote: > When I try to extract a tar created by 4.8 base tar on a fresh installed > 5.9 it dies with core dump and this message on syslog: > > Jun 22 16:08:52 un1 /bsd: tar(9316): syscall 14 "dpath" > Jun 22 16:09:11 un1 /bsd: tar(19504): syscall 14 "dpath" > Jun 22 16:10:55 un1 /bsd: tar(22328): syscall 14 "dpath" > > I'm using tar cf file.tar directory on source, ie no gzip. > > What's next?
As others have noted, "dpath" points at it trying to create a device or fifo. Currently, extracting those is only permitted if the -p option is also given. In practice, if you're extracting devices then you are trying to copy a root filesystem and *REALLY WANT* the -p option already. Philip Guenther
