Can tar cf but can't tar xf

[Denys Vlasenko]

Your config works for me with current busybox git.

On Tue, May 19, 2015 at 11:01 PM, Matt Minga <mattminga at gmail.com> wrote:
> I checked out the 1_22_stable repository and used a configuration file
> linked to me in hopes of recreating the busybox configuration shipped with a
> version of the SDK I am using.
>
> I am continuing to find differences in the output of the busybox build. The
> one that I am encountering now is that I cannot extract tar files. I am able
> to create a tar file using the following commands:
>
> tar cf foo.tar foo
>
> yet I am unable to extract that same file with the following command:
>
> tar xf foo.tar
>
> I get the following error
>
> tar: no gzip/bzip2 magic
>
> I looked at my links and they seem correct. I get the same issue when I make
> the call using the symbolic links or doing busybox tar [commands].  This is
> creating an issue specifically with my udev caching.
>
> gzip on the other hand works properly.
>
> Regards,
> Matt Minga
>
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