Re: [Bug-tar] tar 1.15.1 fails creating multivol tape archive, outputs incorrect error

[Jim Faulkner]

On Wed, 6 Apr 2005, Sergey Poznyakoff wrote:

> To apply the patch, change to tar-1.15.1 directory and run
>
>    patch -p0 < patchfile
>
> Please inform me if it works for you.

Looks like it works just fine:

delta-9 media # /usr/local/tar-tmp/bin/tar --multi-volume -cf /dev/st0 a*
b* c* e* m* o* v*
Prepare volume #2 for `/dev/st0' and hit return:
/usr/local/tar-tmp/bin/tar: mp3/Amon_Tobin/Permutation/05_Nightlife.mp3:
file changed as we read it
Prepare volume #3 for `/dev/st0' and hit return:
/usr/local/tar-tmp/bin/tar:
mp3/Bob_Marley/The_Roxy_Theater/Disc_1/bob_marley_and_the_wailers_-_the_roxy_theater_disc_1_-_01_trenchtown_rock.mp3:
file name too long to be stored in a GNU multivolume header, truncated
Prepare volume #4 for `/dev/st0' and hit return:
delta-9 media #

I cut the backup short so I could do some hardware maintenance, so let me
know if you'd like me to do a more comprehensive test.  I'd be happy to
do so, but it might take me a week or more to get back to you.

Also, if this patch is going to make it into a release, perhaps it should
have a different warning message.  I'm sure a lot of ordinary users, like
me, would be concerned that file names would be truncated upon restore.

thanks,
Jim Faulkner