busybox tar cannot unpack this file

Joakim Tjernlund joakim.tjernlund at transmode.se
Wed Apr 22 23:22:46 UTC 2015


https://share.transmode.com/data/public/72b153.php

busybox tar -tf rootfs.old.tgz > /tmp/ttt
tar: warning: skipping header 'S'
tar: invalid tar magic

File is generated on ppc32 with GNU tar and unpacking is on amd64

busybox on ppc32 CAN unpack it so I guess this an endian or 32 vs 64 bits problem.

BusyBox v1.23.1 
tar (GNU tar) 1.27.1


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