Bugzilla Bug 151321

emerge mozilla-firefox crashes complaining about a tar archive. emerge output
to follow. not sure whether this is an existing bug, could not find a match.

emerge --info:

Portage 2.1.2_pre3 (default-linux/amd64/2006.0, gcc-4.1.1, glibc-2.5-r0,
2.6.18-gentoo x86_64)
=================================================================
System uname: 2.6.18-gentoo x86_64 AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor
4600+
Gentoo Base System version 1.12.5
Last Sync: Sat, 14 Oct 2006 09:50:01 +0000
ccache version 2.4 [enabled]
app-admin/eselect-compiler: [Not Present]
dev-java/java-config: 1.3.7, 2.0.30
dev-lang/python:     2.4.3-r4
dev-python/pycrypto: 2.0.1-r5
dev-util/ccache:     2.4-r6
dev-util/confcache:  [Not Present]
sys-apps/sandbox:    1.2.18.1
sys-devel/autoconf:  2.13, 2.60
sys-devel/automake:  1.4_p6, 1.5, 1.6.3, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.6-r2
sys-devel/binutils:  2.17
sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.3.13-r4
sys-devel/libtool:   1.5.22
virtual/os-headers:  2.6.17-r1
ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64 ~amd64"
AUTOCLEAN="yes"
CBUILD="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu"
CFLAGS=" -O3 -march=athlon64 -mtune=athlon64 -fforce-addr
-momit-leaf-frame-pointer -fomit-frame-pointer -ftracer -pipe"
CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu"
CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/3.5/env /usr/kde/3.5/share/config
/usr/kde/3.5/shutdown /usr/share/X11/xkb /usr/share/config"
CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/env.d /etc/env.d/java/ /etc/gconf
/etc/java-config/vms/ /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/terminfo /etc/texmf/web2c"
CXXFLAGS=" -O3 -march=athlon64 -mtune=athlon64 -fforce-addr
-momit-leaf-frame-pointer -fomit-frame-pointer -ftracer -pipe"
DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles"
FEATURES="autoconfig candy ccache distlocks metadata-transfer sandbox sfperms
strict"
GENTOO_MIRRORS="ftp://192.168.1.222/gentoo"
LINGUAS="nl"
MAKEOPTS="-j3"
PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages"
PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --compress
--force --whole-file --delete --delete-after --stats --timeout=180
--exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages"
PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp"
PORTDIR="/usr/portage"
PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage"
SYNC="rsync://192.168.1.222/gentoo-portage"
USE="amd64 X acpi alsa arts artswrappersuid berkdb bitmap-fonts cli crypt cups
dbus directfb dlloader doc dri dvd dvdr eds elibc_glibc emboss encode exif fam
firefox flac foomaticdb fortran gcc64 gif glibc-omitfp gphoto2 gpm hal ieee1394
imlib input_devices_keyboard input_devices_mouse insecure-savers ipv6 isdnlog
java jpeg kde kdeenablefinal kdehiddenvisibility kdepim kernel_linux linguas_nl
lm_sensors logitech-mouse lzw lzw-tiff mozilla mozsvg mp3 mpeg ncurses nls nptl
nptlonly nsplugin offensive ogg opengl pam pcre pda pdf perl png pppd python
qt3 qt4 quicktime rdesktop readline reflection scanner sdl session slp spell
spl ssl svg tcpd theora tiff truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts usb
userland_GNU userlocales video_cards_fbdev video_cards_radeon video_cards_vesa
vorbis xcomposite xinerama xml xmms xorg xpm xscreensaver xv zeroconf zlib"
Unset:  CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, INSTALL_MASK, LANG, LC_ALL, LDFLAGS,
PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS

Created an attachment (id=99650) [details]
partial output of emerge command

I have the exact error on my ~x86 machine.

Portage 2.1.2_pre2-r9 (default-linux/x86/2006.0, gcc-4.1.1, glibc-2.5-r0,
2.6.18-gentoo i686)
=================================================================
System uname: 2.6.18-gentoo i686 Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.53GHz
Gentoo Base System version 1.12.5
Last Sync: Fri, 13 Oct 2006 09:50:01 +0000
distcc 2.18.3 i686-pc-linux-gnu (protocols 1 and 2) (default port 3632)
[disabled]
ccache version 2.4 [enabled]
app-admin/eselect-compiler: [Not Present]
dev-java/java-config: 1.3.7, 2.0.30
dev-lang/python:     2.4.3-r4, 2.5-r1
dev-python/pycrypto: 2.0.1-r5
dev-util/ccache:     2.4-r6
dev-util/confcache:  [Not Present]
sys-apps/sandbox:    1.2.18.1
sys-devel/autoconf:  2.13, 2.60
sys-devel/automake:  1.4_p6, 1.5, 1.6.3, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.6-r2
sys-devel/binutils:  2.17
sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.3.13-r4
sys-devel/libtool:   1.5.22
virtual/os-headers:  2.6.17-r1
ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86 ~x86"
AUTOCLEAN="yes"
CBUILD="i686-pc-linux-gnu"
CFLAGS="-O2 -mtune=pentium4 -march=pentium4 -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe
-ffast-math -mfpmath=sse,387 -msse2 -mmmx"
CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu"
CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/3.5/env /usr/kde/3.5/share/config
/usr/kde/3.5/shutdown /usr/share/X11/xkb /usr/share/config /var/qmail/alias
/var/qmail/control"
CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/X11 /etc/bash /etc/bash_completion.d /etc/env.d
/etc/env.d/java/ /etc/gconf /etc/gimp /etc/gtk /etc/gtk-2.0 /etc/hal
/etc/hotplug /etc/init.d /etc/java-config/vms/ /etc/modules.d /etc/pam.d
/etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/skel /etc/ssl /etc/terminfo /etc/texmf
/etc/texmf/web2c /etc/udev /etc/vim /etc/wget /usr/kde/3.4/share/config"
CXXFLAGS="-O2 -mtune=pentium4 -march=pentium4 -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe
-ffast-math -mfpmath=sse,387 -msse2 -mmmx"
DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles"
FEATURES="autoconfig ccache distlocks metadata-transfer sandbox sfperms strict"
GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://distfiles.gentoo.org
http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/gentoo"
MAKEOPTS="-j2"
PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages"
PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --compress
--force --whole-file --delete --delete-after --stats --timeout=180
--exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages"
PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp"
PORTDIR="/usr/portage"
PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage"
SYNC="rsync://rsync1.il.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage"
USE="x86 X alsa apache2 apm arts asf bash-completion berkdb bidi bitmap-fonts
bl browserplugin bzip2 cdparanoia cli crypt cups dlloader dts dvd dvdread edl
elibc_glibc emboss encode extensions ffmpeg flac foomaticdb fortran gdbm gif
glibc-omitfp gphoto2 gstreamer gtk gtk2 hal imagemagick imlib
input_devices_keyboard input_devices_mouse isdnlog ithreads java javascript
jpeg kde kdeenablefinal kdexdeltas kernel_linux kqemu latex libg++ libwww
logitech-mouse logrotate lzo mad matroska mikmod mjpeg mmx mng modplug motif
mozilla mp3 mpeg ncurses nls no-htdocs noamazon nonfsv4 nptl nptlonly nsplugin
nvidia ogg opengl pam pcre pda perl perlsuid png ppds pppd python qt3 qt4
quicktime readline real reflection rle rtc samba savedconfig scanner sdl
session sndfile speex spell spl sse sse2 ssl subversion symlink syslog tcpd
tetex tga theora threads tiff tordns truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts udev
unicode userland_GNU userlocales utf8 v4l v4l2 vcd video_cards_nvidia
visualization vorbis win32codecs xanim xcomposite xine xml xmms xorg xprint xv
xvid xvmc zlib"
Unset:  CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, INSTALL_MASK, LANG, LC_ALL, LDFLAGS,
LINGUAS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS

are you all using app-arch/tar-1.15.92 as it seems suspectable - I mean you
update tar and firefox refuses to emerge with tar error.

i think this could be marked as duplicate of bug #151239

*** Bug 151345 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Please, downgrade your tar.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 151239 ***

With the stable tar (1.15.1) firefox compiles. I read the anounce on tar's
homepage:
"I am pleased to announce the release of GNU tar 1.15.90. This is an
alpha version..."
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-tar/2006-02/msg00051.html
and:
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-tar/2006-06/msg00001.html

*** Bug 151384 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

*** Bug 151805 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***