On Thu, Feb 19, 2004 at 02:44:38PM +0100, Bastian Blank wrote: > hi folks > > Any archive produced by tar 1.13.92 ary not accessible with busybox. > > Any versions before produced archives in a format called GNU. It only > uses a little subset of available types and moved the other information > into the mode field. This format is neither compatible with POSIX nor > with ustar. > The new tar dropped create support for this format and produces > something between OLDGNU (< tar 1.2 or such) and ustar. > > busybox only provides limited support for this tar archives and simply > failes because of some discrepances.
Ok, fine, but what is the plan to solve this problem ? Any timeline for fixing busybox tar ? Is the patch posted here enough ? Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
