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

[Rob Gross]

Hi, Ralph,

You wrote:

 > 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

Neither command works when LANG is not defined:

    m3rgma0371carn - ~ $  (cd / && gnutar cf - dev/null) | gzip | gnutar tzvf -
    gnutar: Child died with signal 11
    gnutar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now

Does your Mac have libiconv, gettext, and libintl installed and used
by gtar?

By the way, I know that the issue is not gzip, and I do not need a
valid definition of LANG:

    m3rgma0371carn - ~ $  (cd / && gnutar cf - dev/null) | xz | gnutar tJvf -
    gnutar: Child died with signal 11
    gnutar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
    m3rgma0371carn - ~ $ export LANG=" "
    m3rgma0371carn - ~ $  (cd / && gnutar cf - dev/null) | xz | gnutar tJvf -
    crw-rw-rw- root/wheel      3,2 2016-08-31 15:12 dev/null

Thanks again.--Rob

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