Re: gbp import-orig --uscan: tar -t -a -f returns exit status 2

[Geert Stappers <stappers@stappers.nl>]

On Mon, Feb 03, 2020 at 08:00:47PM +0100, Nico Schlömer wrote:
     ...
> Unfortunately, I only get
> ```
> uscan: error: tar -t -a -f ../gmsh-4.5.2-source.tgz subprocess
> returned exit status 2
     ...
> ```
> Curiously, when I tar from another location (same file, same md5sum),
> ```
> tar -t -a -f /tmp/gmsh-4.5.2-source.tgz
> ```
> it's all going fine.

With `tar` is  option "-t", infact subcommand "-t".
And the 't' is from "Table of content"


Please be aware that
   tar -t -a -f ../gmsh-4.5.2-source.tgz
is not
   tar -t -a -f /tmp/gmsh-4.5.2-source.tgz


> Any idea what could be the issue here?

Make it possible that the "problem" can be reproduced.
Share the URL of the git repository



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Geert Stappers
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