Unable to extract a file larger than 8GB from a Posix-format tar archive
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Key: COMPRESS-163
URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/COMPRESS-163
Project: Commons Compress
Issue Type: Bug
Components: Compressors
Affects Versions: 1.3
Environment: The tar archive used for testing was created by GNU tar,
but the problem will occur with any Posix-formatted tar file containing files
over 8GB in size.
Reporter: John Kodis
Priority: Minor
Fix For: 1.3
An attempt to read a posix-format tar archive containing a file in excess of
8^11 bytes in size will fail with a "Size out of range" illegal argument
exception.
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