RE: [Bug-tar] tar --append corrupts ustar-format archive

[Adye, TJ \(Tim\)]

Hi Sergey,

After such a quick fix, I'm embarrassed about how long it took me to
test it out and report back. Sorry about that (I was in bed with flu).

Anyway, with your patch, tar 1.15.1 no longer shows the error in either
my test case nor the real dataset that was causing me problems. Thank
you very much for the fix.

Out of interest (and so I can understand when this might have affected
me in the past), did you understand what circumstances could provoke
this error?

Many thanks,
Tim.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sergey Poznyakoff <address@hidden>
> Sent: 10 February 2005 21:54
> To: Adye, TJ (Tim)
> Cc: address@hidden
> Subject: Re: [Bug-tar] tar --append corrupts ustar-format archive
> 
> Adye, TJ \(Tim\) <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
> > Can someone help?
> 
> Sure. Apply the attached patch.
> 
> Regards,
> Sergey