[BusyBox] bug#1263: /bin/tar doesn't work

[Kolbjørn Barmen]

Package: busybox
Version: 0.61.pre
Severity: normal

Busybox v0.61.pre doesn't seem to be able to untar certain tar archives,
especially I have noticed the archives of gnu I have found difficult.
0.60.3 does not have this problem.

cutie compile # wget
ftp://ftp.uninett.no/pub/gnu/sh-utils/sh-utils-2.0.tar.gz
--20:29:03--  ftp://ftp.uninett.no/pub/gnu/sh-utils/sh-utils-2.0.tar.gz
           => `sh-utils-2.0.tar.gz'
Resolving ftp.uninett.no... done.
Connecting to ftp.uninett.no[158.36.2.10]:21... connected.
Logging in as anonymous ... Logged in!
==> SYST ... done.    ==> PWD ... done.
==> TYPE I ... done.  ==> CWD /pub/gnu/sh-utils ... done.
==> PORT ... done.    ==> RETR sh-utils-2.0.tar.gz ... done.
Length: 1,243,391 (unauthoritative)

100%[=====================================================>] 1,243,391
13.83K/s    ETA 00:00

20:30:32 (13.83 KB/s) - `sh-utils-2.0.tar.gz' saved [1243391]

cutie compile # tar xzvf sh-utils-2.0.tar.gz
cutie compile # gzip -d sh-utils-2.0.tar.gz
cutie compile # tar xvf sh-utils-2.0.tar
cutie compile # tar tvf sh-utils-2.0.tar
cutie compile # which tar
/bin/tar
cutie compile # tar
BusyBox v0.61.pre (2002.07.17-14:45+0000) multi-call binary

Usage: tar -[cxtvO] [-f TARFILE] [-C DIR] [FILE(s)] ...

cutie compile #



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