[BusyBox] tar -z bug, last file not extracting

Glenn McGrath bug1 at optushome.com.au
Fri Feb 16 08:05:37 UTC 2001


Glenn McGrath wrote:
> 
> 
> if i use the full tar and tar -zxvf control.tar.gz i get the following
> files
> -rw-r--r--    1 root     root           19 Jun 17  2000 conffiles
> -rw-r--r--    1 root     root          981 Dec 17 16:55 control
> -rw-r--r--    1 root     root          712 Dec 17 16:55 md5sums
> -rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root          594 Dec 17 16:55 postinst
> -rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root          194 Dec 17 16:55 prerm
> 
> But when i extract with busybox tar -zxvf it doesnt extract the control
> file.
> 

hmm... strange, it seems to be specific to this one control.tar.gz file,
it works with GNU tar -zxvf but not busybox tar -zxvf.

Other tar.gz files extract with the bb tar im using.


Glenn





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