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Re: [Bug-tar] bug in 'file has changed as we read it'


From: Michal Svoboda
Subject: Re: [Bug-tar] bug in 'file has changed as we read it'
Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2010 12:58:55 +0200
User-agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14)

Eric Blake wrote:
> it is much simpler and less memory-intensive to base the error solely
> off of whether ctime changed than off of whether the stat contents
> changed.

And also much less accurate. Due to this tar exits with non-zero error
code, making other processes fail even when nothing is wrong.

Michal Svoboda




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