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FS#21500 - [tar] 1.23 enters dead loop on extracting symlinks with -k option

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Timothy Redaelli (tredaelli) - Wednesday, 27 October 2010, 18:51 GMT
Last edited by Allan McRae (Allan) - Saturday, 30 October 2010, 09:04 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages: Core
Status Closed
Assigned To Allan McRae (Allan)
Architecture All
Severity High
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 1
Private No

Details

When using the -k option, tar will simply pause during execution if it
encounters a symlink.

A patch is available here:
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/tar.git/patch/?id=b60e56fdb6fd8d82a1f92a4fa7781d9a3184dce1

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Launch tar with -k flag to extract a tarball with symlinks
2. Watch output.
3. Observe tar freezing.
This task depends upon

Closed by  Allan McRae (Allan)
Saturday, 30 October 2010, 09:04 GMT
Reason for closing:  Fixed
Additional comments about closing:  tar-1.24-1 in [testing]
Comment by Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi (djgera) - Wednesday, 27 October 2010, 21:21 GMT
  • Field changed: Summary (tar-1.23 enters dead loop on extracting symlinks with -k option → [tar] 1.23 enters dead loop on extracting symlinks with -k option)
Or just update to the latest version that fix the issue.
Comment by Timothy Redaelli (tredaelli) - Wednesday, 27 October 2010, 23:14 GMT
@djgera I can't use 1.24 for that bug: http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-tar/2010-10/msg00034.html

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