>>>>> "BM" == Bob McConnell <r...@cbord.com> writes:
BM> From: Uri Guttman >> that implicates the tar.exe in your box as the guilty party. put >> the blame on camelbox for not handling some variation in tar >> headers that all other tar utils and modules can handle. report >> this as a big bug BM> to >> them. BM> Sorry Uri, but I don't agree with any of that. The way I see it: there BM> is a bug in the program building those tar files that is erroneously BM> splitting the path between the prefix and name fields in the headers. BM> The Archive::Tar module handles the resulting corrupted files, but it is BM> still abuse of the file structure. If they were built correctly, the GNU BM> tar (and WinZIP) would still be able to extract them. given the fact that my gnu tar on linux handled the tarball just fine means the tarball is fine. that is a fact. perl's tar module handles it fine. your tar from camelbox fails with it. those point to camelbox as guilty, not anyone else. the tar header info may have changed in harness releases but it obviously is supported by standard tar extractors so it is not a broken tarball. camelbox may have coded their tar only to some older or more narrow version of the tar header spec and that is what is failing. BM> A Camelbox developer provided the workaround via their mailing BM> list, so they are aware of it. But I haven't looked at this year's BM> Summer of Code projects, so I don't know if they will be working BM> on it or not. they know of the workaround since they know their tar is failing. no one else is complaining to the harness author but you. they all must be using working tar extractors (either a program or the perl module). so they did nothing wrong and the harness tarball is good. i just use sherlock holmes' rule here are eliminate all suspects and the one that is left must be guilty. :) uri -- Uri Guttman ------ u...@stemsystems.com -------- http://www.sysarch.com -- ----- Perl Code Review , Architecture, Development, Training, Support ------ --------- Gourmet Hot Cocoa Mix ---- http://bestfriendscocoa.com --------- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscr...@perl.org For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-h...@perl.org http://learn.perl.org/
