Bug#460474: since tar v1.19 an error message is displayed when trying to create a new tar archive
Package: ark
Version: 4:3.5.8-1
Severity: important
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since tar v1.19 an error message is displayed when trying to create a
new tar archive; please see the tar 1.19 NEWS.gz file:
[...]
* Recognition of broken archives.
When supplied an archive smaller than 512 bytes in reading mode (-x,
-t), the previous version of tar silently ignored it, exiting with
code 0. It is fixed. Tar now issues the following diagnostic message:
'This does not look like a tar archive', and exits with code 2.
[...]
This change seems to affect also -r, since a valid tar archive needs to
be opened before appending. In order to create a new archive by
right-clicking a file or directory, ark issues a
tar rvf /tmp/randomarkdir/randomfilename.tar myfile
command while no tarfile exists yet, which causes tar exit code 2 even
if the archive has been created successfully.
Downgrading tar to etch solves the issue.
Thanks
Mau
--- System information. ---
Architecture: i386
Kernel: Linux 2.6.23-1-p4
Debian Release: lenny/sid
990 unstable ftp.de.debian.org
990 testing security.debian.org
990 testing ftp.de.debian.org
900 unstable mi.mirror.garr.it
900 unstable download.tuxfamily.org
900 unstable deb.opera.com
900 testing mi.mirror.garr.it
500 voip-snapshots-debian-sid snapshots.ekiga.net
500 feisty adurepo.altervista.org
500 etch-wx apt.wxwidgets.org
400 unstable ftp.debian-unofficial.org
400 testing ftp.debian-unofficial.org
200 unstable sidux.com
200 stable security.debian.org
200 stable mi.mirror.garr.it
200 stable ftp.de.debian.org
150 stable ftp.debian-unofficial.org
150 experimental ftp.de.debian.org
--- Package information. ---
Depends (Version) | Installed
========================================-+-======================
kdelibs4c2a (>= 4:3.5.7-1) | 4:3.5.8.dfsg.1-6
libacl1 (>= 2.2.11-1) | 2.2.45-1
libart-2.0-2 (>= 2.3.18) | 2.3.19-3
libattr1 (>= 2.4.4-1) | 1:2.4.39-1
libaudio2 | 1.9.1-1
libc6 (>= 2.6.1-1) | 2.7-5
libfam0 |
libfontconfig1 (>= 2.4.0) | 2.5.0-2
libfreetype6 (>= 2.3.5) | 2.3.5-1+b1
libgcc1 (>= 1:4.2.1) | 1:4.3-20080104-1
libice6 (>= 1:1.0.0) | 2:1.0.4-1
libidn11 (>= 0.5.18) | 1.1-1
libjpeg62 | 6b-14
libpng12-0 (>= 1.2.13-4) | 1.2.15~beta5-3
libqt3-mt (>= 3:3.3.7) | 3:3.3.7-9
libsm6 | 2:1.0.3-1+b1
libstdc++6 (>= 4.2.1) | 4.3-20080104-1
libx11-6 | 2:1.0.3-7
libxcursor1 (>> 1.1.2) | 1:1.1.9-1
libxext6 | 1:1.0.3-2
libxft2 (>> 2.1.1) | 2.1.12-2
libxi6 | 2:1.1.3-1
libxinerama1 | 1:1.0.2-1
libxrandr2 (>= 2:1.2.0) | 2:1.2.2-1
libxrender1 | 1:0.9.4-1
libxt6 | 1:1.0.5-3
zlib1g (>= 1:1.2.3.3.dfsg-1) | 1:1.2.3.3.dfsg-8
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