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Date:      Wed, 24 Feb 1999 16:41:44 -0800 (PST)
From:      kmayer@freegate.com
To:        freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org
Subject:   conf/10244: 100 character limit on any pathname in sysinstall
Message-ID:  <19990225004144.D2EE714C0B@hub.freebsd.org>

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>Number:         10244
>Category:       conf
>Synopsis:       100 character limit on any pathname in sysinstall
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Thu Feb 25 10:20:02 PST 1999
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Ken Mayer
>Release:        2.2.8
>Organization:
FreeGate Corp
>Environment:
FreeBSD berkeley.hq.freegate.com 2.2.7-RELEASE FreeBSD 2.2.7-RELEASE #0: Sun Aug 30 11:30:08 PDT 1998     root@:/usr/src/sys/compile/BERKELEY  i386
>Description:
sysinstall uses cpio to extract the tar'd release from media. While the
gnu tar can and does handle names longer than 100 characters, cpio does 
not properly read the long file names out again. Files are truncated at
the 100 char limit.
>How-To-Repeat:
Add a file to a distribution where the destination path name is longer
than 100 characters. Build a release, then use sysinstall. The file will
be truncated at the 100 character mark.
>Fix:


>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:


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