Re: : [Bug-tar] Tar 1.14 does not like bzip2 linked against uClibc

[Martin Simmons]

>>>>> On Fri, 19 Nov 2004 18:23:14 +0000, Bennett Todd <address@hidden> said:

  Bennett> tar tjf and xjf invocations work fine with 1.3.25, but 1.14 fails
  Bennett> with the message:

  Bennett> ./src/tar: Unaligned block (5000 bytes) in archive
  Bennett> ./src/tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now

  Bennett> if the bzip2 it finds is linked against uClibc.

  Bennett> Given the message, I'd be guessing that tar is making assumptions
  Bennett> about the blocking of writes to stdout. I tried to test against
  Bennett> 1.14.90, but alpha.gnu.org isn't answering the phone when I call.

  Bennett> If I can do anything to help track this down and create a
  Bennett> fix, let me know, I'll be happy to help. For instance, a
  Bennett> statically-linked bzip2 against uClibc, should run on any x86
  Bennett> Linux, is available in the Bent Linux distro, specifically in
  Bennett> <URL:http://bent.latency.net/bent/1.1/bpm/bzip2-1.0.2.cpio.bz2>; put
  Bennett> that ahead of your system bzip2 on your path and tar-1.14 should
  Bennett> oblige and cease working:-).

It works for me if I add the B option (i.e. --read-full-records).

__Martin