Re: [Bug-tar] Extract error after failed open()

[Sergey Poznyakoff]

Hi Jan-Benedict,

> GNU tar signals the open() error and prints a message like "skipping
> to next header", but with my (real 16 GB) copy, "skipping to next
> header" looked like "skipping to end of archive."  Finally, only half
> of the data was copied.
> 
> Easy solution:  Call skip_member() in the error path as it is done in
> a different case.

This will certainly fix this particular case, but the cause of the
misbehavior will remain unknown.  I have tried to reprouce the bug using
several crafted archives but was unable to do so.  Could you supply some
more info on how to reproduce it?

Regards,
Sergey