Your message dated Thu, 09 Jan 2025 15:27:16 +0000
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and subject line Bug#1084204: Removed package(s) from unstable
has caused the Debian Bug report #763824,
regarding writes archives with checksums itself deems wrong
to be marked as done.
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--- Begin Message ---
Package: libtar0
Version: 1.2.16-1+deb7u2
Severity: serious
Tags: patch
Hi,
libtar as in stable is computing checksums with signed char when it
writes archives, but with unsigned char when it reads them.
This means that if you try to write an archive with e.g. UTF-8 in
the filenames (where the high bit is set and thus the signed/unsigned
distinction matters), libtar will write an archive it cannot itself
read, unless you turn on the TAR_IGNORE_CRC option.
GNU tar can read the archives without error, since Sun once had the same bug.
unstable is fine, since the problem was fixed in 1.2.17, but stable is broken.
You probably want these two patches from upstream; the first fixes the checksum
writing, the second makes libtar accept both signed and unsigned checksums:
http://repo.or.cz/w/libtar.git/commit/7611cc65f45aef9aad3d8756396caf017607bedf
http://repo.or.cz/w/libtar.git/commit/e44cab4de65b5a6dbeb23f3f8b947b6b4117f628
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 7.6
APT prefers stable
APT policy: (750, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386
Kernel: Linux 3.16.3 (SMP w/40 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_DK.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_DK.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Versions of packages libtar0 depends on:
ii libc6 2.13-38+deb7u4
libtar0 recommends no packages.
libtar0 suggests no packages.
-- no debconf information
--- End Message ---
--- Begin Message ---
Version: 1.2.20-8.1+rm
Dear submitter,
as the package libtar has just been removed from the Debian archive
unstable we hereby close the associated bug reports. We are sorry
that we couldn't deal with your issue properly.
For details on the removal, please see https://bugs.debian.org/1084204
The version of this package that was in Debian prior to this removal
can still be found using https://snapshot.debian.org/.
Please note that the changes have been done on the master archive and
will not propagate to any mirrors until the next dinstall run at the
earliest.
This message was generated automatically; if you believe that there is
a problem with it please contact the archive administrators by mailing
ftpmas...@ftp-master.debian.org.
Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Paul Tagliamonte (the ftpmaster behind the curtain)
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