Bug#330162: apt-utils: incorrect tar-header reading in apt-ftparchive

[Jarek Dylag <jarek@kei.pl>]

Package: apt-utils
Version: 0.5.28.6
Severity: normal


When uid or gid in tar file is > 999999 (6 chars) tar encode header field. Apt don't
support such encoded headers, so it's unable to use package with large uid/gid.

"apt-ftparchive generate" returns: "E: Corrupted archive"


-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.8-2-k7
Locale: LANG=pl_PL, LC_CTYPE=pl_PL (charmap=ISO-8859-2)

Versions of packages apt-utils depends on:
ii  apt [libapt-pkg-libc6.3-5-3 0.5.28.6     Advanced front-end for dpkg
ii  libc6                       2.3.2.ds1-22 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii  libdb4.2                    4.2.52-18    Berkeley v4.2 Database Libraries [
ii  libgcc1                     1:3.4.3-13   GCC support library
ii  libstdc++5                  1:3.3.5-13   The GNU Standard C++ Library v3

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