Re: PR/44498 CVS commit: src/tests/bin/pax

[Mouse <mouse%Rodents-Montreal.ORG@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR bin/44498; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Mouse <mouse%Rodents-Montreal.ORG@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost
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Subject: Re: PR/44498 CVS commit: src/tests/bin/pax
Date: Mon, 5 Aug 2024 01:22:46 -0400 (EDT)

 >  tests/bin/pax: Add test for pax list in an ungettable cwd.
 
 >  pax(1): Don't require open(".") or getcwd to work for list
 >  operation.
 
 While this is good, it fixes only part of the problem.  Using tar
 syntax because I don't know pax's command line enough to write the
 corresponding pax commands, there are plenty of other commands, such as
 "tar cf - ." or "tar xf -", that also have no call to care what their
 current directory is but which refuse to run when getcwd() fails, both
 in a test I just did on 5.2 using a symlink named "tar" to pax and,
 based on jacob.pipkin%icloud.com@localhost's recent mail to tech-userlevel, in
 something more recent for at least pax's "tar -tvf -".
 
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