Re: [Bug-tar] Small bug in tar-1.29

[Ralph Corderoy]

Hi Rob,

> > > This report is for tar-1.29, compiled and installed on Mac El Capitan.
...
>     m3rgma0371carn - T $ unset LANG
>     m3rgma0371carn - T $ gnutar -tvf archive.tgz
>     gnutar: Child died with signal 11
>     gnutar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
>     m3rgma0371carn - T $ locale
>     LANG=
>     LC_COLLATE="C"
>     LC_CTYPE="C"
>     LC_MESSAGES="C"
>     LC_MONETARY="C"
>     LC_NUMERIC="C"
>     LC_TIME="C"
>     LC_ALL=
>     m3rgma0371carn - T $ env | egrep '^(LANG|LC_)' | cat -et
>     m3rgma0371carn - T $

I found a Mac OS X with brew installed and got its gnu-tar.
 
    $ gtar --version
    tar (GNU tar) 1.29
    ...

By default, my locale is like yours.

    $ locale
    LANG=
    LC_COLLATE="C"
    LC_CTYPE="C"
    LC_MESSAGES="C"
    LC_MONETARY="C"
    LC_NUMERIC="C"
    LC_TIME="C"
    LC_ALL=
    $ env | egrep '^(LANG|LC_)' | cat -et
    $

These commands, first both GNU, second has Mac's tar do the create, both
work.

    $ (cd / && gtar cf - dev/null) | gzip | gtar tzvf -
    crw-rw-rw- root/wheel      3,2 2016-08-31 18:59 dev/null
    $ (cd / && tar cf - dev/null) | gzip | gtar tzvf -
    crw-rw-rw- root/wheel      3,2 2016-08-31 18:59 dev/null
    $

Is it a specific archive.tgz that causes the child's error?

I expect others on the list will have more ideas.

-- 
Cheers, Ralph.
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