Dennis Clarke wrote in <cd5cd5e2-820f-c916-feab-3ec5547d391a@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>: | |>> beta $ gzip -dc ../src/openssl-1.1.1c.tar.gz | tar -xf - |>> tar: pax_global_header: typeflag 'g' not recognized, converting to |>> regular file |>> beta $ |>> |>> Must be a gnu tar thing? |> |> Hi Dennis, |> |> it's not a bug, it's a feature. ;-) |> |> No seriously: it's the `git archive` command which is used to export \ |> the tree |> into a tarfile. It adds an extended header containing the commit \ |> hash of the |> commit which was exported. Older tar programs don't know how to deal |> with that header and are a bit confused about it. | |Yep. Old POSIX tar just coughed up a one line pax_global_header file : | |52 comment=97ace46e11dba4c4c2b7cb67140b6ec152cfaaf4 | |> We had a similar discussion after 1.1.1b was released, it started here |> https://mta.openssl.org/pipermail/openssl-users/2019-February/009936.html |> |> see in particular reply |> https://mta.openssl.org/pipermail/openssl-users/2019-February/009949.html |> |> and the links to the LKML which it contains |> https://lkml.org/lkml/2005/6/18/5 |> https://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=111909182607985&w=2 | |Perfectly harmless feature. Thank you for the detailed reply. Does not look harmless on some BSD unless thorougly inspected iirc. Since 2013-09-13 ([9c1375a7]) i thus repack balls # Repack with standard tar(1) to avoid new-style headers ${git} archive --format=tar --prefix="${PROGRAM}-${REL}/" v${REL}.ar | ( cd "${TMPDIR}" && ${tar} -x -f - ) cd "${TMPDIR}" ${tar} -c -f "${PROGRAM}-${REL}.tar" "${PROGRAM}-${REL}" NetBSD tar for example might say[1], which is frightening. "%s extended headers posix ustar archive." " Extracting as plain files. Following files might be" " in the wrong directory or have wrong attributes.", [1] http://cvsweb.netbsd.org/bsdweb.cgi/src/bin/pax/tar.c?rev=1.75&content-type=text/x-cvsweb-markup&only_with_tag=MAIN --steffen | |Der Kragenbaer, The moon bear, |der holt sich munter he cheerfully and one by one |einen nach dem anderen runter wa.ks himself off |(By Robert Gernhardt)
