Processed: Re: Bug#897653: tar 1.30 breaks pristine-tar

Processing control commands: > tag -1 + patch Bug #897653 [tar] tar 1.30 breaks pristine-tar Added tag(s) patch. -- 897653: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=897653 Debian Bug Tracking System Contact ow...@bugs.debian.org with problems

Bug#897653: tar 1.30 breaks pristine-tar

Control: tag -1 + patch On Mon, May 14, 2018 at 11:07:50AM -0700, Bdale Garbee wrote: > Paul Eggert writes: > > > On 05/14/2018 07:56 AM, Antonio Terceiro wrote: > >> I still need to study the > code a bit further to try to come up with a > >> better suggestion. > > Sorry,

Bug#897653: tar 1.30 breaks pristine-tar

Paul Eggert writes: > On 05/14/2018 07:56 AM, Antonio Terceiro wrote: >> I still need to study the > code a bit further to try to come up with a >> better suggestion. > Sorry, the only suggestion I can make is that you should just use the > new GNU tar. The old one was

Bug#897653: tar 1.30 breaks pristine-tar

On 05/14/2018 07:56 AM, Antonio Terceiro wrote: I still need to study the > code a bit further to try to come up with a better suggestion. Sorry, the only suggestion I can make is that you should just use the new GNU tar. The old one was obviously busted and it generated busted tarballs.

Bug#897653: tar 1.30 breaks pristine-tar

Hello, Paul: I hope you don't mind being involved in this. I would appreciate any input that you are able to provide. Context is Debian bug #897653 (https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=897653), but all the important bits are already quoted below. the general idea of pristine-tar is

Bug#897653: tar 1.30 breaks pristine-tar

Package: tar Version: 1.30+dfsg-1 Severity: grave Justification: causes non-serious data loss Hi, After tar 1.30 arrived in unstabled, pristine-tar can no longer reproduce tarballs that it previously could. For example I just hit this with bundler: $ debcheckout -a bundler declared git