Package: tar Version: 1.16-1 Hi!
When tar fails to create a file during extraction (eg. because the
target filesystem cannot handle the filename (wildcard characters in
VFAT filenames)), it may happen that tar does not extract _anything_
after a single open() failed:
bixie:/home/jbglaw/tar-test# ls -l test/ mnt/
mnt/:
total 0
test/:
total 4
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1 2006-12-04 17:39 invalid [ ? ] file.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 2006-12-04 17:34 normalfile.txt
bixie:/home/jbglaw/tar-test# mount |grep vfat
/home/jbglaw/tar-test/vfat-image on /home/jbglaw/tar-test/mnt type vfat
(rw,loop=/dev/loop0)
bixie:/home/jbglaw/tar-test# ( cd test/ && tar cf - . ) | ( cd mnt && tar xf -;)
tar: ./invalid [ ? ] file.txt: Cannot open: Invalid argument
tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors
bixie:/home/jbglaw/tar-test# ls -l mnt/
total 0
This patch fixes the issue:
--- tar-1.16/src/extract.c~ 2006-11-28 23:21:47.000000000 +0100
+++ tar-1.16/src/extract.c 2006-11-28 23:22:07.000000000 +0100
@@ -751,6 +751,7 @@
if (fd < 0)
{
open_error (file_name);
+ skip_member ();
return 1;
}
}
I've also submitted this patch on the bug-tar@gnu.org mailing list,
but it hasn't been accepted yet because the maintainer failed to
reproduce the issue on the first try.
MfG, JBG
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