From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
Date: Fri, 03 Jun 2005 14:31:01 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] git-tar-tree: add a test case (resent)
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.58.0506030728120.1876@ppc970.osdl.org>
In-Reply-To: <429FEBD5.5040306@lsrfire.ath.cx>



On Fri, 3 Jun 2005, Rene Scharfe wrote:
> 
> What version of tar do you use? 

	torvalds@ppc970:~> tar --version
	tar (GNU tar) 1.13.25
	Copyright © 2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
	This program comes with NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
	You may redistribute it under the terms of the GNU General Public License;
	see the file named COPYING for details.
	Written by John Gilmore and Jay Fenlason.

> Also, can you please send me the output
> the following?
> 
>    cd t; sh t5000-tar-tree.sh; cd trash; tar tvf b.tar

I get

	?rw------- git/git          52 1969-12-31 16:00:00 pax_global_header unknown file type `g'
	drwxr-xr-x git/git           0 2005-05-27 15:00:00 a/
	-rw-r--r-- git/git          18 2005-05-27 15:00:00 a/1.......10........20........30........40......481.......10........20........30........40........50
	?rw------- git/git         111 2005-05-27 15:00:00 37e07bc886b166ad2525f1cc7a2df9bda0e07a02.paxheader unknown file type `x'
	-rw-r--r-- git/git          18 2005-05-27 15:00:00 37e07bc886b166ad2525f1cc7a2df9bda0e07a02.data
	?rw------- git/git         112 2005-05-27 15:00:00 f72c8a14fa272506e5de2d779cfe088769158b61.paxheader unknown file type `x'
	-rw-r--r-- git/git          18 2005-05-27 15:00:00 f72c8a14fa272506e5de2d779cfe088769158b61.data
	?rw------- git/git         113 2005-05-27 15:00:00 b53ac87f1a63ea1a2eec65cc8b5bed9130b8c114.paxheader unknown file type `x'
	-rw-r--r-- git/git          18 2005-05-27 15:00:00 b53ac87f1a63ea1a2eec65cc8b5bed9130b8c114.data
	-rw-r--r-- git/git          16 2005-05-27 15:00:00 a/a
	drwxr-xr-x git/git           0 2005-05-27 15:00:00 a/bin/
	-rwxr-xr-x git/git      719924 2005-05-27 15:00:00 a/bin/sh
	tar: Unexpected EOF in archive
	tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now

which doesn't tell me anything, except I assume it means that my tar 
doesn't understand extended headers.

		Linus