Re: [Bug-tar] Verify failures and "obsolescent base-64 headers"

[Sergey Poznyakoff]

Andreas Grosche <address@hidden> wrote:

> - and no errors are detected when using tar-1.15.* -diff on the same archives.

I don't see any problem, given that it has been fixed in 1.15 branch.
 
> This seems to indicate some severe bug in tar-1.3.25, which is still
> widely in use

It should not be, given that the newer version is available.

> So is there a risk of running into similar troubles with later
> versions of tar, or starting from which version, if any, can this
> issue be considered fixed?

The thread you are referring to discusses enabling large file support in
GNU tar 1.13.  It is enabled automatically starting at least from 1.14.

Regards,
Sergey