Subject: pkg/24206: archivers/file-roller package can not read tar archives
To: None <gnats-bugs@gnats.NetBSD.org>
From: None <ci@spidersweb.co.uk>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 01/23/2004 14:40:26
>Number:         24206
>Category:       pkg
>Synopsis:       archivers/file-roller package can not read tar archives
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    pkg-manager
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Fri Jan 23 14:41:00 UTC 2004
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Chavdar Ivanov
>Release:        1.6ZG
>Organization:
Delcam UK
>Environment:
NetBSD maggie.delcam.com 1.6ZG NetBSD 1.6ZG (MAGGIE) #0: Tue Jan  6 21:45:09 GMT 2004  root@maggie.delcam.com:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/MAGGIE i386

>Description:
File-roller expects gnu tar to read any compressed or uncompressed tar archive. The standard NetBSD tar (linked to pax) outputs a summary line which confuses file-roller and the contents displayed is incorrect. 
>How-To-Repeat:
Open any .tar.gz , tar.bz2, .tar.Z  or .tar file with file-roller. 
>Fix:
Modifying file-roller to depend on archivers/gtar and patching fr-command-c to invoke gnutar solves the problem:

*** fr-command-tar.c    Wed Jan 21 22:15:29 2004
--- fr-command-tar.c.ORIG       Fri Jan 23 14:31:23 2004
*************** fr_command_tar_list (FRCommand *comm)
*** 177,183 ****
                                      comm);

        fr_process_clear (comm->process);
!       fr_process_begin_command (comm->process, "gtar");
        fr_process_add_arg (comm->process, "--force-local");
        fr_process_add_arg (comm->process, "-tvf");
        fr_process_add_arg (comm->process, comm->e_filename);
--- 177,183 ----
                                      comm);

        fr_process_clear (comm->process);
!       fr_process_begin_command (comm->process, "tar");
        fr_process_add_arg (comm->process, "--force-local");
        fr_process_add_arg (comm->process, "-tvf");
        fr_process_add_arg (comm->process, comm->e_filename);


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