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Re: [Bug-tar] [GNU tar 1.25] testsuite: 35 failed on Solaris 9 Sparc
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Paul Eggert |
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Re: [Bug-tar] [GNU tar 1.25] testsuite: 35 failed on Solaris 9 Sparc |
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Sat, 22 Jan 2011 16:32:47 -0800 |
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On 01/22/2011 02:53 PM, Joerg Schilling wrote:
> This sounds strange..... openat() has been introduced in August 2000 with a
> Solaris 9 beta. Could you explain the problem please?
The Solaris 9 openat functions uniformly mishandle trailing slash
in file names. Gnulib (and therefore tar) works
around the bug, though to be honest I no longer remember the details.