Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2015 13:49:23 -0500 From: Mark Felder <feld@FreeBSD.org> To: Marcus Reid <marcus@blazingdot.com>, Nikos Vassiliadis <nvass@gmx.com> Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Questions" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: tar: Damaged tar archive, Retrying... Message-ID: <1436986163.1413191.324661081.78935161@webmail.messagingengine.com> In-Reply-To: <20150714204305.GA89782@blazingdot.com> References: <55A3F7F2.3060400@gmx.com> <20150714204305.GA89782@blazingdot.com>
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On Tue, Jul 14, 2015, at 15:43, Marcus Reid wrote: > On Mon, Jul 13, 2015 at 08:40:02PM +0300, Nikos Vassiliadis wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I am currently using tar to copy some very files to another host and > > got this: > > > tar: Damaged tar archive > > > tar: Retrying... > > > tar: Damaged tar archive > > > tar: Retrying... > > > tar: Damaged tar archive > > > tar: Retrying... > > > tar: Damaged tar archive > > > tar: Retrying... > > > tar: Damaged tar archive > > > > The copy is done using tar|nc and nc|tar on the receiving host. > > This looks like a bug and I wonder whether the copy is OK. > > I have submitted a bug report for a problem that causes this output. > It's likely the same bug that you're encountering. > > The fix is upstream in libarchive, but in the meantime you can use gtar > :( > > https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=201506 > Thanks for pointing out this PR. I'll try to get some movement behind this.
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