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--- Begin Message ---
Package: tar
Version: 1.18-1
Severity: minor
Tags: patch
The tar manpage states that the default archive (if -f is not given) is '-'.
This is only the case if $TAPE is not set. According to [1], some
package build scripts have relied on the documented behavior, leading to
build failures when TAPE is set. The attached patch correctly documents
the current behavior. The patch furthermore adds mention of TAR_OPTIONS,
since there is a brand-new ENVIRONMENT section for it.
[1] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-2-k7 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Versions of packages tar depends on:
ii libc6 2.6-5 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
tar recommends no packages.
-- no debconf information
*** tar-manpage-envvars.patch
diff -NrU3 tar-1.18-orig/debian/tar.1 tar-1.18/debian/tar.1
--- tar-1.18-orig/debian/tar.1 2007-08-28 08:44:59.000000000 -0400
+++ tar-1.18/debian/tar.1 2007-08-28 09:01:50.617601735 -0400
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@
exclude files matching PATTERN
.TP
.B \-f, \-\-file [HOSTNAME:]F
-use archive file or device F (default "\-", meaning stdin/stdout)
+use archive file or device F (otherwise value of TAPE environment variable; if
unset, "\-", meaning stdin/stdout)
.TP
.B \-F, \-\-info\-script F, \-\-new\-volume\-script F
run script at end of each tape (implies \-M)
@@ -312,6 +312,18 @@
.TP
.B \-[0\-7][lmh]
specify drive and density
+.SH ENVIRONMENT
+The behavior of tar is controlled by the following environment variables,
+among others:
+.TP
+.B TAPE
+Device or file to use for the archive if \fB--file\fR is not specified.
+If this environment variable is unset, use stdin or stdout instead.
+.TP
+.B TAR_OPTIONS
+Options to prepend to those specified on the command line, separated by
+whitespace. Embedded backslashes may be used to escape whitespace or
+backslashes within an option.
.SH BUGS
.LP
The GNU folks, in general, abhor man pages, and create info documents instead.
tar-manpage-envvars.patch.gz
Description: GNU Zip compressed data
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--- Begin Message ---
Source: tar
Source-Version: 1.18-2
We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
tar, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive:
tar_1.18-2.diff.gz
to pool/main/t/tar/tar_1.18-2.diff.gz
tar_1.18-2.dsc
to pool/main/t/tar/tar_1.18-2.dsc
tar_1.18-2_i386.deb
to pool/main/t/tar/tar_1.18-2_i386.deb
A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.
Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you
have further comments please address them to [EMAIL PROTECTED],
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.
Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Bdale Garbee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (supplier of updated tar package)
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Date: Wed, 05 Sep 2007 10:20:45 +0100
Source: tar
Binary: tar
Architecture: source i386
Version: 1.18-2
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: high
Maintainer: Bdale Garbee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Changed-By: Bdale Garbee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Description:
tar - GNU tar
Closes: 433553 439335 439916
Changes:
tar (1.18-2) unstable; urgency=high
.
* patch from Neil Moore improving the man page, closes: #439916
* patch from Justin Pryzby improving the man page, closes: #433553
* patch from upstream to fix directory traversal concern on extraction
documented in (CVE-2007-4131), closes: #439335
* urgency to high since preceding bug has having security implications
Files:
87af661dc549fb89e70d4f8850859cd4 569 utils required tar_1.18-2.dsc
7bcd67a71acb9d4c4e6b9ababc309ef9 40112 utils required tar_1.18-2.diff.gz
d6c6861cbbf9a04cba3519f8f265d243 732978 utils required tar_1.18-2_i386.deb
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