Date: Thu, 3 Aug 2006 06:41:19 GMT From: "Dr. Markus Waldeck" <waldeck@gmx.de> To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: ports/101301: star 1.4.3 is BUGGY - replace it with star-1.5.a75 Message-ID: <200608030641.k736fJTi085246@www.freebsd.org> Resent-Message-ID: <200608030650.k736oDY2049054@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 101301 >Category: ports >Synopsis: star 1.4.3 is BUGGY - replace it with star-1.5.a75 >Confidential: no >Severity: serious >Priority: medium >Responsible: freebsd-ports-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Thu Aug 03 06:50:12 GMT 2006 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Dr. Markus Waldeck >Release: 6.1 >Organization: >Environment: FreeBSD fb 6.1-RELEASE FreeBSD 6.1-RELEASE #0: Sun May 7 04:32:43 UTC 2006 root@opus.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC i386 >Description: I observed a problem with star 1.4.3. star 1.4.3 hangs with 100 % cpu utilization if you try to untar a backup made with an actual version of star 1.5 The problem is described on the programmers homepage (http://cdrecord.berlios.de/old/private/star.html): Warning: star-1.5a28 and later may create 'global' POSIX.1-2001 extended headers. star-1.5a25 and earlier have a bug and will go into an endless loop if you try to read archives with global extended headers. >How-To-Repeat: 1. create a backup with star 1.4.3 2. try to untar it with star 1.4.3 >Fix: Remove star 1.4.3 and make a binary package of star-1.5.a75 (which works without any problems) >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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