Re: tar(1) unsatisfied with gtar(1) files (pkgsrc)

[tlaronde%polynum.com@localhost]

Hello,

On Sun, Jun 03, 2018 at 07:39:06PM +0100, Chavdar Ivanov wrote:
> One never gets this message if one uses bsdtar.
> 

Good to know. But bsdtar is in pkgsrc and not the system's one...

> On Sun, 3 Jun 2018 at 15:24, <tlaronde%polynum.com@localhost> wrote:
> 
> > Hello,
> >
> > On Sun, Jun 03, 2018 at 01:51:52PM +0200, Rhialto wrote:
> > > On Sun 03 Jun 2018 at 11:33:17 +0200, tlaronde%polynum.com@localhost wrote:
> > > >     tar: File extended headers posix ustar archive. Extracting as plain
> > > >     files. Following files might be in the wrong directory or have
> > wrong
> > > >     attributes.
> > >
> > > I started noticing that when I was building some more packages from the
> > > then-latest stable pkgsrc branch (2018Q1).
> >
> > But in my case, the problem is not for something "packaged" by
> > NetBSD nor pkgsrc, but with the source files.
> >
> > If I retrieve from a gnu mirror say the source for gcc7:
> >
> > gcc-7.3.0.tar.gz
> > gcc-7.3.0.tar.xz
> >
> > and use xz(1) or gunzip(1) and the system tar(1), I get the problem.
> > While gtar(1) (installed from pkgsrc and built on 2015-01-17) doesn't
> > complain.
> >
> > My system is:
> >
> > NetBSD 7.1.1_PATCH  Sun Jan 21 21:28:41 CET 2018 amd64
> >
> > and tar(1) is from the base set retrieved 2018-01-21.
> >
> > That's why I think whether the problem is in our tar(1) or in the
> > gtar(1) used upstream. Obviously, something has changed somewhere, but I
> > don't think it's in pkgsrc.
> >
> > If you have also problem with the packages generated after some date, is
> > the system tar(1) at fault or is gtar(1) used by pkgsrc for some
> > packages generating a tarball with extensions not understood by the
> > system tar(1)?
> >
> > Best,
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