[Bug-tar] tar 1.20 won't extract from .tlz or .tar.lzma files

ar.gz [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/tmp]$ tar xf foo.tar.bz2 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/tmp]$ tar xf foo.tar.lzma tar: This does not look like a tar archive tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/tmp]$ I assume this is a bug...? Regards, Tristan -- _ _V.-o Tristan Miller [en,(fr,

Re: [Bug-tar] tar 1.20 won't extract from .tlz or .tar.lzma files

Greetings. On Tuesday 28 October 2008, Mike Frysinger wrote: > On Tuesday 28 October 2008, Tristan Miller wrote: > > GNU tar 1.20 seems to have no trouble creating lzma-compressed files > > when specifying the -a option and a filename ending in .tlz or > > .tar.lzma. However,

[Bug-tar] Possible bug with TAR_OPTIONS and --auto-compress

or directory tar (child): Error is not recoverable: exiting now tar: Child returned status 2 tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now Regards, Tristan -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Tristan Miller Free Software developer, fe

[Bug-tar] Wrong Git URL on website

lt;https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/tar.git>. Perhaps someone could update the website with the correct URL? Regards, Tristan -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Tristan Miller Free Software developer, ferret herder, logologis

Re: [Bug-tar] How to specify the option for gzip used by tar?

ards, Tristan -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Tristan Miller Free Software developer, ferret herder, logologist https://logological.org/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- pgpziaAZ4XXKN.pgp Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: [Bug-tar] How to specify the option for gzip used by tar?

the Latin alphabet generally. I and l (and even the numeral 1) are indistinguishable in many, many fonts and handwriting styles. You may have noticed a similar ambiguity with O and 0. :) Regards, Tristan -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Tristan Miller Free

tar hangs on dangling symlink when extracting with --wildcards

ke this; probably it depends on other command-line options that handle symlinks. Perhaps it should extract the symlink (leaving it dangling to a non-existent referent) and emit a warning, or refuse to extract the symlink and emit a warning. But I don't think it should just hang. Regards, Tri

Re: tar hangs on dangling symlink when extracting with --wildcards

depends on the OS or filesystem? I am using Linux 6.9.1 (x86_64) with an ext4 filesystem. Regards, Tristan -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Tristan Miller Free Software developer, ferret herder, logologist https://logological.org/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

Re: tar hangs on dangling symlink when extracting with --wildcards

e tar packaged by openSUSE that has this problem; tar compiled from source emits the error message you described and does not hang. I will report this issue to the openSUSE packagers. Regards, Tristan -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Tristan Mille

Re: tar hangs on dangling symlink when extracting with --wildcards

Greetings. On 2024-05-28 04:52, Martin Simmons wrote: On Mon, 27 May 2024 13:43:12 -0500, Tristan Miller said: Oh, looks like you're probably right about this. It's only the tar packaged by openSUSE that has this problem; tar compiled from source emits the error message you des