>Number:         18912
>Category:       bin
>Synopsis:       pkg_info has a few problems using pax-as-tar
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    bin-bug-people
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Sun Nov 03 20:56:01 PST 2002
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     grant beattie
>Release:        NetBSD 1.6K
>Organization:
>Environment:
System: NetBSD mofo 1.6K NetBSD 1.6K (MOFO) #0: Sun Nov 3 22:34:54 EST 2002 grant@mofo:/data1/netbsd/current/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/MOFO i386
Architecture: i386
Machine: i386
>Description:
running pkg_info on a binary pkg should return some information about the
package.

pkg_info calls tar with the 'p' flag regardless of the effective uid, pax
attempts to set uid/gid and fails:

% pkg_info xmms-sid-0.7.2.tgz
tar: Unable to set file uid/gid of +CONTENTS <Operation not permitted>
tar: Unable to set file uid/gid of +COMMENT <Operation not permitted>
tar: Unable to set file uid/gid of +DESC <Operation not permitted>
tar: Unable to set file uid/gid of +MTREE_DIRS <Operation not permitted>
tar: Unable to set file uid/gid of +BUILD_VERSION <Operation not permitted>
tar: Unable to set file uid/gid of +BUILD_INFO <Operation not permitted>
tar: Unable to set file uid/gid of +SIZE_PKG <Operation not permitted>
tar: Unable to set file uid/gid of +SIZE_ALL <Operation not permitted>
pkg_info: tar extract of /vnd/packages/All/xmms-sid-0.7.2.tgz failed!
pkg_info: error during unpacking, no info for 'xmms-sid-0.7.2.tgz' available

>How-To-Repeat:
pkg_info filename as non-root.

>Fix:
pkg_* should be made to understand pax exit codes, as this should
not be fatal.

cgd suggested pax should only print a single warning right at the end
if it fails to preserve permissions.

>Release-Note:
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