RE: [Bug-tar] tar --append corrupts ustar-format archive

[Sergey Poznyakoff]

Hi Tim,

Adye, TJ \(Tim\) <address@hidden> wrote:
 
> Unfortunately I found a case where you could have gotten a corrupted
> file without an error message (for tar files generated before your fix).
> If you use my original script [*], but remove the final tar -tv, then no
> error message is generated.

I see. Actually I meant the updated tar when I was saying it would
issue an error if the archive was malformed... 

Anyway, thanks for keeping me informed.

Regards,
Sergey