Re: [Bug-tar] tar doesn't stop after extracting with occurrence parameter

[Martin Schaaf]

On Tue, 25 Nov 2008 14:18:30 +0200
Sergey Poznyakoff wrote:

> address@hidden ha escrit:
> 
> >    "tar -xzp --occurrence=1 --ignore-failed-read -C 'target' -f 'tgz'
> >    'file'
> >    >/dev/null 2>&1"
> >    It extracts the file after some seconds but doesn't stop. top shows a
> >    gzip process running. After some minutes gzip stops and tar ends.
> 
> It is a leftover from preious versions: tar tries to drain the input
> pipe in order to avoid subprocess termination via SIGPIPE. Thanks for
> reporting the bug. Please try the attached patch.

Sorry, but I do not have the time do test this patch. Will it be in the next 
release without my testing? When is a next release planned?

Thank you for fast help,
martin.

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