Re: [Bug-tar] Possible tar bug

[bocek . pavel]

Yes that's exactly the thread I've found so far, hovewer as long as I didn't 
overlook it, no sollution there.

Regards,

Pavel Bocek

> ------------ Původní zpráva ------------
> Od: Ondrej Vasik &lt;<a href="mailto:address@hidden";>address@hidden</a>>
> Předmět: Re: [Bug-tar] Possible tar bug
> Datum: 20.12.2010 11:09:59
> ----------------------------------------
> Sergey Poznyakoff wrote:
> > <a href="mailto:address@hidden";>address@hidden</a> ha escrit:
> >
> > > "15015536189 of type off_t is out of range 0..8589934591".
> > >
> > > I am using latest stable version directly from your website under Ubuntu
> server x86-32.
> >
> > The problem is, there is no such diagnostic message in tar 1.25. What
> > version of tar are you using? Are you sure you reproduced the message
> > exactly as it appeared to you?
> >
> He mentioned he uses czech locales, so he probably made a mistake in the
> translation to english. In the screenshot he provided is the message
> which is still present in tar-1.25 - in to_chars_subst() function
> create.c:267 .
>
> It reminds me I had similar report in
> <a 
> href="https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=516309";>https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=516309</a>
>  , however I had
> problems with the reproducer and after that it got off my radar because
> of another bugzillas. In comment
> <a 
> href="https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=516309#c17";>https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=516309#c17</a>
>  may be a pointer
> where is the culprit of this rare problem with huge files.
>
> Greetings,
>          Ondrej Vasik
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