[BusyBox 0000783]: File size limit in tar

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Sun Nov 26 17:02:39 UTC 2006


The following issue has been CLOSED 
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http://busybox.net/bugs/view.php?id=783 
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Reported By:                phofmann
Assigned To:                BusyBox
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Project:                    BusyBox
Issue ID:                   783
Category:                   Standards Compliance
Reproducibility:            always
Severity:                   minor
Priority:                   normal
Status:                     closed
Resolution:                 open
Fixed in Version:           
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Date Submitted:             03-12-2006 23:57 PST
Last Modified:              11-26-2006 09:02 PST
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Summary:                    File size limit in tar
Description: 
Tar cannot handle files bigger than 2GB.
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 vda - 11-26-06 09:02  
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A lot of tar fixes before rev 16675. The only "real" limitation now is a
file size limit of 64Gb (not a tarfile size, size of an individual stored
file).

Other limitations are not important: uid/gid/username/gropname truncation
etc.

All of them can be fixed by adding support for pax headers. Currently we
just skip them. 

Issue History 
Date Modified   Username       Field                    Change               
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03-12-06 23:57  phofmann       New Issue                                    
03-12-06 23:57  phofmann       Status                   new => assigned     
03-12-06 23:57  phofmann       Assigned To               => BusyBox         
11-26-06 09:02  vda            Status                   assigned => closed  
11-26-06 09:02  vda            Note Added: 0001803                          
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