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FS#64213 - [repo-add] Failing to compress the repo database when using .db.tar.zst file extension

Attached to Project: Pacman
Opened by Nick Cao (NickCao) - Tuesday, 22 October 2019, 06:36 GMT
Last edited by Allan McRae (Allan) - Tuesday, 05 November 2019, 04:59 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Scripts & Tools
Status Closed
Assigned To Allan McRae (Allan)
Architecture All
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version 5.2.0
Due in Version 5.2.1
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

Summary and Info:
Due to errors in handling the TAR_OPT variable (line 537, 541 in repo-add script).
tar will be unable to correctly parse the command line flags and thus failing to compress the repo database.

Steps to Reproduce:
repo-add /tmp/test.db.tar.zst ./test.pkg.tar.xz
Output:
--Omitted--
==> Creating updated database file '/tmp/test.db.tar.zst'
Usage:
List: bsdtar -tf <archive-filename>
Extract: bsdtar -xf <archive-filename>
Create: bsdtar -cf <archive-filename> [filenames...]
Help: bsdtar --help
Usage:
List: bsdtar -tf <archive-filename>
Extract: bsdtar -xf <archive-filename>
Create: bsdtar -cf <archive-filename> [filenames...]
Help: bsdtar --help
mv: cannot stat '/tmp/.tmp.test.db.tar.zst': No such file or directory
mv: cannot stat '/tmp/.tmp.test.files.tar.zst': No such file or directory
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Closed by  Allan McRae (Allan)
Tuesday, 05 November 2019, 04:59 GMT
Reason for closing:  Fixed
Additional comments about closing:  git commit 7df70e7f
Comment by Nick Cao (NickCao) - Tuesday, 22 October 2019, 06:41 GMT
A possible fix (The first file is wrong too....)
   repo-add (18.5 KiB)
   repo-add-2 (18.5 KiB)
Comment by Morten Linderud (Foxboron) - Tuesday, 22 October 2019, 06:43 GMT
Please post patches. It's impossible to get an overview of what the fix entails.
Comment by Nick Cao (NickCao) - Tuesday, 22 October 2019, 06:44 GMT
diff file (silly me
   repo-add-2.diff (0.3 KiB)
   repo-add-2.diff-2 (0.5 KiB)
Comment by Nick Cao (NickCao) - Tuesday, 22 October 2019, 07:02 GMT
The same bug should also affect repo-remove,
   repo-remove.diff (0.5 KiB)
Comment by Allan McRae (Allan) - Tuesday, 22 October 2019, 07:16 GMT
All these patches do is remove the leading "-" in the option and then compress the options together. Not sure how that actually fixes the issue.
Comment by Allan McRae (Allan) - Tuesday, 22 October 2019, 07:18 GMT
Ah - looked at the source... A unified diff would give context needed to understand the patch.

Comment by Nick Cao (NickCao) - Tuesday, 22 October 2019, 07:20 GMT
Ah, I misused diff.... Actually the fix is in the reverse way, adding the leading '-' and splitting the options.
   unified.diff (1.1 KiB)
Comment by Allan McRae (Allan) - Tuesday, 22 October 2019, 07:24 GMT
Sending the fix to the mailing list. Do you mind if I use your email address from the bug tracker in the author section?
Comment by Nick Cao (NickCao) - Tuesday, 22 October 2019, 07:24 GMT
That's ok.
Comment by Nick Cao (NickCao) - Tuesday, 22 October 2019, 07:32 GMT
The same fix is needed for repo-remove, I think....
Comment by Allan McRae (Allan) - Tuesday, 22 October 2019, 08:03 GMT
No - they are the same script... symlinked to each other.

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