On Mon, Nov 8, 2010 at 6:56 AM, xufeng zhang <xufeng.zh...@windriver.com> wrote: > On 10/30/2010 03:37 PM, Ralf Wildenhues wrote: >> I don't think there is much that can be done about this in Automake, as [...] >> If you still think that Automake is in the position to do something >> about this, then please provide more details (as I'm not exactly an >> expert in archive formats portability). > > It seems pax has a potential bug which leads to the whole build hang. > When use a large GID(>2097151), pax failed to generate file, then if > use the generated file as pax input, pax cannot recognize the format and > wait input from the terminal. > Try this: > 1. mkdir conftest.dir > 2. sudo chgrp -R 12345678 conftest.dir > 3. sudo pax -L -x ustar -w conftest.dir > conftest.tar > 4. pax -r < conftest.tar > Then pax will definitely hang.
Why are you reporting this to the Automake mailing list? Ralf kindly pointed you in the right direction, and asked you to provide details _if_ you still think Automake is in a position to help. I don't see you suggesting what Automake should be doing differently, instead, I see a pax bug report sent to the Automake list. Grumpily, Dave Hart
