Date: Fri, 9 Mar 2012 10:08:15 GMT From: Stas Verberkt <legolas@legolasweb.nl> To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: bin/165873: tar(1) manpage advertises --uid and --gid which seem to be not implemented Message-ID: <201203091008.q29A8Fak076923@red.freebsd.org> Resent-Message-ID: <201203091010.q29AAAmB094417@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 165873 >Category: bin >Synopsis: tar(1) manpage advertises --uid and --gid which seem to be not implemented >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: medium >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Fri Mar 09 10:10:09 UTC 2012 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Stas Verberkt >Release: 9.0-RELEASE >Organization: >Environment: FreeBSD homey.local 9.0-RELEASE FreeBSD 9.0-RELEASE #0: Tue Jan 3 07:15:25 UTC 2012 root@obrian.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC i386 >Description: Mr. Devin Teske reported on the freebsd-questions list that the switches --uid and --gid would result in an option not implemented failure, although these options are advertised in the manpage [1]. While looking through the source the option indeed seemed not to be there [2]. It was added to the manpage as part of a cleanup process [3]. [1] lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions/2012-March/239182.html [2] http://svnweb.freebsd.org/base/releng/9.0/usr.bin/tar/cmdline.c?view=markup [3] http://svnweb.freebsd.org/base?view=revision&revision=207786 >How-To-Repeat: execute tar to create an archive with as options "--uid 1337" or "--gid 1337". >Fix: Implement the feature or clean the manpage. >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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