[Bug-tar] Re: prefix too long in ustar header, causes dir name truncation

[Sergey Poznyakoff]

Jim Lowe <address@hidden> wrote:

> tar 1.15.1 using --format=ustar is creating archives
> with a header prefix greater than 155 bytes long. This
> causes trucation of the name component at the 155th byte
> split point when read by tar.
[..]
> Here is a fix, it looks safe and harmless to me...

Thank you. I'll install it.

Regards,
Sergey