Re: [Bug-tar] Tar short read

[Antonio Diaz Diaz]

Paul Eggert wrote:
> POSIX says that short reads are allowed only near end-of-file,
> or when signals arrive, or for pipes, FIFOs, and special files.
> They are not allowed while reading in the middle of a regular file,

Weren't GNU programs supposed to be free from such limitations[1]? For 
example GNU ddrescue will accept any number of short reads anywhere in 
the input file.

[1]http://www.gnu.org/prep/standards/html_node/Non_002dGNU-Standards.html
"The GNU Project regards standards published by other organizations as 
suggestions, not orders. We consider those standards, but we do not 
"obey" them. In developing a GNU program, you should implement an 
outside standard's specifications when that makes the GNU system better 
overall in an objective sense. When it doesn't, you shouldn't."