Bug#2146: tar fails to restore file ownership

["Michael E. Deisher" <deisher@enws428.EAS.ASU.EDU>]

Package: tar
Version: 1.11.8
Revision: 1

The session below demonstrates a NASTY bug in tar.  Tar does not
restore ownership of files.  I tried -p, --preserve, --same-owner,
etc., and nothing worked.  I verified that my passwd file was alright.
The clincher was when I ftp'ed the latest slackware tar from a
friend's machine and tried it.  Slackware's tar worked just fine.

--Mike

diannau# tar tvf /dev/st0
drwxr-xr-x root/root        50 Oct 24 16:45 1995 home/
drwxr-xr-x deisher/deisher 949 Jan 13 08:34 1996 home/deisher/
drwxr-xr-x deisher/deisher  84 Sep 30 21:40 1995 home/deisher/.icons/
drwxr-xr-x deisher/deisher  29 Oct  9 22:54 1995 home/deisher/.ncftp/
drwx------ deisher/deisher 136 Jan 10 22:01 1996 home/deisher/.netscape/
drwx------ deisher/deisher 139 Nov 14 00:21 1995 home/deisher/.netscape/cache/
^C
diannau# tar xvpf /dev/st0
home/
home/deisher/
home/deisher/.icons/
home/deisher/.ncftp/
home/deisher/.netscape/
home/deisher/.netscape/cache/
^C
diannau# ls -laR home
total 3
drwxr-xr-x   3 root     root         1024 Jan 15 21:10 .
drwxr-xr-x   3 root     root         1024 Jan 15 21:10 ..
drwxr-xr-x  14 root     root         1024 Jan 15 21:10 deisher

home/deisher:
total 14
drwxr-xr-x  14 root     root         1024 Jan 15 21:10 .
drwxr-xr-x   3 root     root         1024 Jan 15 21:10 ..
drwxr-xr-x   2 root     root         1024 Jan 15 21:10 .icons
drwxr-xr-x   2 root     root         1024 Jan 15 21:10 .ncftp
drwx------   3 root     root         1024 Jan 15 21:10 .netscape
^C