Since tar is in debian namespace, I just uploaded.
G.
On Wed, 18 Dec 2024 09:54:21 -0500 Reinhard Tartler <siret...@tauware.de> wrote:
Hi,
I've prepared a change that should fix this issue with the --delete
option in the debian tar package. Please review:
2 files changed, 56 insertions(+)
debian/patches/series | 1 +
.../tar-1.35-revert-fix-savannah-bug-633567.patch | 55
++++++++++++++++++++++
modified debian/patches/series
@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@ oldgnu-unknown-mode-bits.patch
proper_it_translation.patch
exclude17.patch
exclude18.patch
+tar-1.35-revert-fix-savannah-bug-633567.patch
new file debian/patches/tar-1.35-revert-fix-savannah-bug-633567.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+From d437ecf75de2d6fdeb2aed6f45c4b3b16373389b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Sergey Poznyakoff <g...@gnu.org>
+Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2023 21:35:30 +0300
+Subject: [PATCH] Revert "Fix savannah bug #63567"
+Bug-Fedora: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2230127
+Bug-Debian: https://bugs.debian.org/748244
+
+Commit e89c7a45eb broke deletion from archives. The reported number
+of bytes read is rounded to the nearest record anyway, revert the
+commit and document the fact.
+
+Reported by Ed Santiago. See
+https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2230127
+
+* doc/tar.texi: Document the fact that --totals rounds up the
+number of bytes reads to the nearest record.
+* src/buffer.c: Revert changes.
+* tests/delete06.at: Fix expected status code and stderr.
+---
+ doc/tar.texi | 5 +++++
+ src/buffer.c | 3 +--
+ tests/delete06.at | 7 +++++--
+ 3 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
+
+Index: tar/src/buffer.c
+===================================================================
+--- tar.orig/src/buffer.c
++++ tar/src/buffer.c
+@@ -987,8 +987,7 @@ short_read (size_t status)
+ }
+
+ record_end = record_start + (record_size - left) / BLOCKSIZE;
+- if (left == 0)
+- records_read++;
++ records_read++;
+ }
+
+ /* Flush the current buffer to/from the archive. */
+Index: tar/tests/delete06.at
+===================================================================
+--- tar.orig/tests/delete06.at
++++ tar/tests/delete06.at
