Re: [GNU tar 1.32] testsuite: 89 failed

[Dennis Clarke]

On 12/17/24 14:17, Paul Eggert wrote:
> On 2024-12-15 08:43, Dennis Clarke via Bug reports for GNU Tar wrote:
> > +tar: unable to record current working directory: Permission denied
> > +cmp: extract/f: No such file or directory
>
> Do you see the problem on Solaris 10? If not, it's probably not worth 
> worrying about it, as older Solaris versions are no longer supported.
>
> If you want to investigate this, please figure out exactly how 'tar' is 
> being invoked, run 'truss' on that 'tar' (preferably in the C locale), 
> and let us know what system calls are being issued around the point of 
> failure.

    I will likely write a note on a scrap of paper and then test it on a
Fujitsu SPARC64 server running Solaris 10. On the other hand I may lose
the scrap of paper under a keyboard and then find it again in January.
Really, no real motivation here at all and that makes sense. I just like
having some old SPARC machines running during the winter time.



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