903921 – (tar-without-file) [TRACKER] Packages calling tar without -f

Bug 903921 (tar-without-file) - [TRACKER] Packages calling tar without -f

Summary: [TRACKER] Packages calling tar without -f

Status:	CONFIRMED

Alias:	tar-without-file

Product:	Quality Assurance
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Trackers (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	Normal normal
Assignee:	Gentoo Quality Assurance Team

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Keywords:	Tracker

Depends on:	885719 903631 903914 903919 940201 940217
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Reported:	2023-04-06 15:56 UTC by Arsen Arsenović
Modified:	2024-09-25 07:22 UTC (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

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Description Arsen Arsenović gentoo-dev

2023-04-06 15:56:54 UTC

This bug is intended to track packages that invoke GNU tar without specifying a -f/--file.

This can break on certain systems (or with certain tar implementations).

To detect this issue, configure GNU tar with DEFAULT_ARCHIVE=/dev/null/BAD_TAR_INVOCATION, like so:

  ~$ cat /etc/portage/env/app-arch/tar 
  EXTRA_ECONF="DEFAULT_ARCHIVE=/dev/null/BAD_TAR_INVOCATION"

See '(tar)file tutorial' for a description of how the default is picked.