Re: Possible bug in tar

[Rick Coupland]

I was using version 1.12 of GNU tar.

I tried the test again with version 1.13.25 and it worked.  It looks
like the bug has been fixed in this version.

Thanks

Rick Coupland


At 02:08 PM 3/19/2002 -0800, Paul Eggert wrote:
> > From: Rick Coupland <address@hidden>
> > Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2002 12:41:54 -0700
>
> > I have now discovered that the file is restored & the contents are
> > correct but the file name is incorrect.  It is missing the last
> > character.
>
> This sounds like a bug that is fixed in the latest test version of GNU
> tar.  You can get the latest test version from:
>
> ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/tar/tar-1.13.25.tar.gz
>
> (Sorry, I forget which tar version you're using.)
>
>
> > I have now reproduced the problem with a zapped version of all of
> > the source files (every printable character replaced with a "Z").  The
> > resulting archive, compressed with bzip2 is about 2 MB.  Where
> > would you like me to put it?
>
> If you can reproduce the problem with tar 1.13.25, please email me
> that archive.  9Please don't bother sending it to tar-bugs.)