Package: cpio Version: 2.6-11 Severity: important This may be a dup of bug #358990, but I don't think so. #358990 describes a bug in "cpio -o". I think this is a bug in "cpio -i".
Briefly: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/$> cd /; (echo .; echo etc; echo lost+found) | cpio -o -H ustar | cpio -itv drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2501907082 Mar 8 1913 5 blocks cpio: invalid header: checksum error cpio: warning: skipped 138 bytes of junk drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 4274001609 May 3 1969 lost+found/ 5 blocks Feeding cpio any 3 consecutive directories will trigger the bug. tar is happy with the same archive, which is why I think it is a bug in "cpio -i". [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/$> (echo .; echo etc; echo lost+found) | cpio -o -H ustar | tar tv 5 blocks tar: Read 2560 bytes from - drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2006-04-11 12:30:01 drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2006-04-26 18:45:40 etc/ drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2005-12-19 11:08:06 lost+found/ -- System Information: Debian Release: 3.1 Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.16-5.1-lube-686-smp Locale: LANG=en_AU, LC_CTYPE=en_AU (charmap=ISO-8859-1) Versions of packages cpio depends on: ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-22sarge3 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
