From owner-freebsd-bugs Wed Mar 29 2:50: 8 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.FreeBSD.ORG [204.216.27.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 458D437C0BF for ; Wed, 29 Mar 2000 02:50:03 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.9.3/8.9.2) id CAA60717; Wed, 29 Mar 2000 02:50:03 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2000 02:50:03 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <200003291050.CAA60717@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Cc: From: Sheldon Hearn Subject: Re: bin/17619: pax cannot read all tar files created by tar. Reply-To: Sheldon Hearn Sender: owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org The following reply was made to PR bin/17619; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Sheldon Hearn To: marcolz@stack.nl Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: bin/17619: pax cannot read all tar files created by tar. Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2000 12:41:38 +0200 On Mon, 27 Mar 2000 14:57:39 +0200, marcolz@stack.nl wrote: > When trying to read a tar file created by GNU-tar or Solaris's tar, > pax asks for another archive. It seems to misinterpret the tar-header. > Some sizes of tar's will be handled just right, others don't. Unfortunately, pax doesn't look like one of those parts of FreeBSD that anyone takes an active interest in. This may not be fixed any time soon without patches. :-( Ciao, Sheldon. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message