Despite common misconception, the default GNU tar tarfile is not stdin. On some systems, this can cause tar to fail to extract relevant files.
See '(tar)file tutorial' for a description of how the default is picked. Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/903631 Closes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/903914 Closes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/903919 Signed-off-by: Arsen Arsenović <ar...@gentoo.org> --- This patch does not close https://bugs.gentoo.org/903631, as I intend to turn that into a tracker bug. eclass/unpacker.eclass | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/eclass/unpacker.eclass b/eclass/unpacker.eclass index 650de4bd3f75..652527b52ec6 100644 --- a/eclass/unpacker.eclass +++ b/eclass/unpacker.eclass @@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ unpack_deb() { $(tc-getBUILD_AR) p "${deb}" "${f}" | ${decomp:-cat} assert "unpacking ${f} from ${deb} failed" fi - } | tar --no-same-owner -x + } | tar --no-same-owner -xf - assert "unpacking ${deb} failed" } -- 2.40.0
