Dear folks,
I am trying to solve problem in case that user is created with big UID
and during configuration pax hangs and need user interaction.
Last list are:
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-automake/2011-11/msg00014.html
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=843376
Patch is bellow and against upstream:
diff --git a/m4/tar.m4 b/m4/tar.m4
index ec8c83e..326b8b9 100644
--- a/m4/tar.m4
+++ b/m4/tar.m4
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ _am_tools='gnutar m4_if([$1], [ustar], [plaintar]) pax
cpio none'
_am_tools=${am_cv_prog_tar_$1-$_am_tools}
# Do not fold the above two line into one, because Tru64 sh and
# Solaris sh will not grok spaces in the rhs of '-'.
+ac_returnCode=0
for _am_tool in $_am_tools
do
case $_am_tool in
@@ -79,13 +80,37 @@ do
mkdir conftest.dir
echo GrepMe > conftest.dir/file
AM_RUN_LOG([tardir=conftest.dir && eval $am__tar_ >conftest.tar])
+ ac_return=$?
rm -rf conftest.dir
+ if test $ac_return -ne 0; then
+ if test "$_am_tool" = "pax"; then
+ ac_returnCode=$ac_return
+ echo "pax return value is: $ac_returnCode"
+ break;
+ fi
+ if test "$_am_tool" = "gnutar"; then
+ ac_returnCode=$ac_return
+ echo "gnutar return value is: $ac_returnCode"
+ break;
+ fi
+ fi
if test -s conftest.tar; then
AM_RUN_LOG([$am__untar <conftest.tar])
grep GrepMe conftest.dir/file >/dev/null 2>&1 && break
fi
done
rm -rf conftest.dir
+if test $ac_returnCode -ne 0; then
+ # Do not want to print user_id on screen
+ `id -u > /tmp/id 2>/dev/null`
+ user_id=`cat /tmp/id`
+ rm -f /tmp/id
+ #Test if $user_id is greater then 2^21
+ #if yes then failed. This is valid only for pax and gnutar utilities
+ if test $user_id -gt 2097152 ; then
+ AC_MSG_ERROR([UserID $user_id is too big UID],[2])
+ fi
+fi
AC_CACHE_VAL([am_cv_prog_tar_$1], [am_cv_prog_tar_$1=$_am_tool])
AC_MSG_RESULT([$am_cv_prog_tar_$1])])
Please check and incorporate them if you agree.
--
S pozdravem / Best regards
Petr Hracek
