[Bug-tar] Re: --create --verify fails with >2GB files

[Andrew Klaassen]

BTW, I'm using 1.16.1-1 from the Debian "testing"
distribution.

Andrew


--- Andrew Klaassen <address@hidden> wrote:

> Hi, all.
> 
> I've run into a problem running 'tar cvvWf' if
> archive
> members are larger than 2GB.  Here's an example of
> the
> error generated (I've separated the output lines to
> increase readability in the face of wordwrap):
> 
> Verify -rwxr--r-- 12218/dialout     477504
> 2006-04-26 15:11
>
vol/backup3/todo/mike_bu_mar_2007/stuart_mclean/stuart_opening_folder/(Footage)/stewart.tif
> 
> Verify -rwxr--r-- 12218/dialout 5200057308
> 2006-04-28 15:35
>
vol/backup3/todo/mike_bu_mar_2007/stuart_mclean/stuart_opening_folder/(Footage)/stuart.avi
> 
> /bin/tar: Archive contains
> `\373\377\032\000\024\000\'\000 \000\a' where
> numeric off_t value expected
> 
> /bin/tar: VERIFY FAILURE: 2163624 invalid headers
> detected
> 
> /bin/tar: Archive contains
> `\362\377\327\377\003\000\325\377' where numeric
> mode_t value expected
> 
> /bin/tar: Archive contains
> `\036\000\376\377\027\000\000\000\021\000\r' where
> numeric time_t value expected
> 
> /bin/tar: Archive contains
> `\367\377\344\377\377\377\343\377' where numeric
> uid_t value expected
> 
> /bin/tar: Archive contains
> `\001\000\365\377\350\377\023' where numeric gid_t
> value expected
> 
> Verify /bin/tar: Archive contains
> `\367\377\344\377\377\377\343\377' where numeric
> uid_t value expected
> 
> /bin/tar: Archive contains
> `\001\000\365\377\350\377\023' where numeric gid_t
> value expected
> 
> ?rwsrwsrwt -1/-1 18446744073709551615
> 1969-12-31 18:59
> \002 unknown file type `\033'
> 
> /bin/tar: \002: Unknown file type `ESC', diffed as
> normal file
> 
> /bin/tar: \002: Warning: Cannot stat: No such file
> or directory
> 
> ...etc...
> 
> Creating and extracting archives containing large
> files without --verify works fine.
> 
> I'm not on the mailing list, so if any replies could
> be CC'd to me, it'd be appreciated.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Andrew
> 
> 
> 
> 
>  
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