>Number:         8220
>Category:       bin
>Synopsis:       obscure archive format breaks pax
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    bin-bug-people (Utility Bug People)
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Tue Aug 17 19:20:01 1999
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Seebs
>Organization:
>Release:        august 1999
>Environment:
System: NetBSD lobe.fleet.plethora.net 1.4J NetBSD 1.4J (LOBE) #0: Tue Aug 17 10:44:59 PDT 1999 seebs@lobe.fleet.plethora.net:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/LOBE i386


>Description:
	I found a "tar" archive which denotes a directory *only* with the
	type character, not with a trailing "/".  Pax ignores this on things
	it thinks are old tar files.
>How-To-Repeat:
	Unfortunately, cannot create similar sample file
>Fix:
	This diff works for me.
*** tar.c.orig	Tue Aug 17 18:38:56 1999
--- tar.c	Tue Aug 17 18:38:51 1999
***************
*** 512,517 ****
--- 512,525 ----
  		 */
  		arcn->sb.st_mode |= S_IFREG;
  		break;
+ 	case DIRTYPE:
+ 		/*
+ 		 * it is a directory, set the mode for -v printing
+ 		 */
+ 		arcn->type = PAX_DIR;
+ 		arcn->sb.st_mode |= S_IFDIR;
+ 		arcn->sb.st_nlink = 2;
+ 		break;
  	case AREGTYPE:
  	case REGTYPE:
  	default:
>Audit-Trail:
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