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

[Glenn McGrath]

On Mon, 12 Aug 2002 22:38:41 +0200 (CEST)
Kolbjørn Barmen <Kolbjorn.Barmen at uninett.no> wrote:

> 
> 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.
> 
> ftp://ftp.uninett.no/pub/gnu/sh-utils/sh-utils-2.0.tar.gz

I think this is because the archive was made with the old tar format.

I am working on some new unarchiving code, ill see if i can work something
out.

busybox tar still doenst handle gnu or posix long filenames either.