Re: Problems unpacking sets with ftp -o

[RVP <rvp%SDF.ORG@localhost>]

On Tue, 29 Jun 2021, Louis Guillaume wrote:

> > > ./usr/share/locale/zh_CN.GB18030
> > > ./usr/share/locale/zh_CN.GB18030/LC_CTYPEgzip: Unexpected end of input
> > >
> > > pax: End of archive volume 1 reached
> > > pax: ustar vol 1, 4942 files, 189618300 bytes read, 0 bytes written in 36 
> > > secs (5267175 bytes/sec)
> > >
> > > ATTENTION! pax archive volume change required.
> > > Ready for archive volume: 2
> > > Input archive name or "." to quit pax.
> > > 98% |***************************************************** | 40544 KiB 
> > > 750.71 KiB/s - stalled -^C
> > > pax: Signal caught, cleaning up.
> > >
> > >
> > > As if the pipe to pax is misbehaving.

I get:

ftp: Writing `|pax -zrvpe': Interrupted system call
gzip: Unexpected end of input

pax: End of archive volume 1 reached
pax: ustar vol 1, 2927 files, 169593513 bytes read, 0 bytes written in 72 secs (2355465 bytes/sec)

This seems to be caused by the write to the pax pipe being interrupted
by the alarm signal used to print the progress bar. The code should
retry in such cases.

You should file a PR for this. In the mean time, the work-around
is to disable the ftp progress-bar using -V (you already have `pax
-v ...').

-RVP