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Bug 338098 - [PATCH] app-arch/tar-1.23 - rmt hangs
Summary: [PATCH] app-arch/tar-1.23 - rmt hangs
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Linux
Classification: Unclassified
Component: [OLD] Core system (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: High normal (vote)
Assignee: Gentoo's Team for Core System packages
URL: http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug...
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Keywords: Inclusion
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Blocks:
 
Reported: 2010-09-20 00:32 UTC by Jörg Ahrens
Modified: 2010-10-25 05:17 UTC (History)
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Description Jörg Ahrens 2010-09-20 00:32:40 UTC 
There is a bug in gnu tar 1.23: 
tar cf remote:somefile.tar . hangs in communication between tar and rmt

The rmt command has been rewritten upstream in 1.23 and contains at least two bugs. See http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-tar/2010-09/msg00035.html
which also provides a patch.
The patch worked for me. 

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. tar cf remote:somefile.tar .
Actual Results:  
communication hangs

Expected Results:  
write a tar archive on remote machine
Comment 2 Jörg Ahrens 2010-09-21 23:05:53 UTC 
Yes. I didn't figure out that rmt is in paxutils now. I didn't find it in tar.git. 
Oh I see, gnu paxutils is not gentoo pax-utils.
Comment 3 SpanKY gentoo-dev 2010-09-22 03:42:21 UTC 
yes, the naming collision is unfortunate.  but no one had a better suggestion for pax-utils, so it stuck.
Comment 4 SpanKY gentoo-dev 2010-10-25 05:17:08 UTC 
tar-1.24 is in the tree which should include this change