On Mon, Jan 05, 2015 at 08:57:48AM +0000, Finucane, Stephen wrote:
> > On Fri, Dec 19, 2014 at 10:19:10AM +0000, Stephen Finucane wrote:
> > > Automake defaults to the 'v7' legacy tar format in GNU tar, through
> > > passing of the '-o' parameter to GNU tar. Enabling this option results
> > > in errors for users with 32 bit UIDs:
> > >
> > > $ make dist
> > > ...
> > > tardir=openvswitch-2.3.90 && ${TAR-tar} chof - "$tardir" | GZIP=--
> > best gzip -c >openvswitch-2.3.90.tar.gz
> > > tar: value 12345678 out of uid_t range 0..2097151
> > > tar: Exiting with failure status due to previous errors
> > > make[1]: Leaving directory `/development/ovs'
> > > ...
> > >
> > > The 'tar-ustar' format is a 1988 POSIX standard that allow longer file
> > > names and other niceties. It's use is an option in Automake 1.9+.
> > > Enable this option.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Stephen Finucane <[email protected]>
> > > Reviewed-by: Mark D. Gray <[email protected]>
> >
> > Doesn't this affect every program that uses Automake? Have you
> > reported it to the Automake mailing list? Is there an upstream fix?
>
> In theory, yes - this would affect every user with a 32bit UID who wishes to
> use the auto-generated 'dist' target or its variants. I don't think it's a
> bug per se - more of a legacy issue (the older tar, emulated by 'tar -o',
> simply didn't support 32bit UIDs).
>
> I had hoped there would be a 'configure' option or other command line way to
> change the default tar executable, but neither the documentation nor the
> Autotools source revealed such an option.
>
> I'll ping the Automake mailing list to confirm that this is the best way to
> approach this, just in case.
Thanks.
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