0003841: Source code tarball downloads from DRDTeam often use non-portable tar extensions (GNU)

$ file doomseeker-{v7,ustar,pax,gnutar}.tar doomseeker-v7.tar: tar archive doomseeker-ustar.tar: POSIX tar archive doomseeker-pax.tar: POSIX tar archive doomseeker-gnu.tar: POSIX tar archive (GNU)

$ pwd /home/wub/.local/src/doomseeker $ tar --version tar (GNU tar) 1.30 Copyright (C) 2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>. This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. Written by John Gilmore and Jay Fenlason. $ tar --format=v7 -cf doomseeker-v7.tar doomseeker/ tar: doomseeker/tools/updateinstaller/external/TinyThread/doc/html/classtthread_1_1chrono_1_1duration-members.html: file name is too long (max 99); not dumped tar: doomseeker/tools/updateinstaller/external/TinyThread/doc/html/classtthread_1_1condition__variable-members.html: file name is too long (max 99); not dumped tar: doomseeker/tools/updateinstaller/external/TinyThread/doc/html/classtthread_1_1condition__variable.html: file name is too long (max 99); not dumped tar: doomseeker/tools/updateinstaller/external/TinyThread/doc/html/classtthread_1_1thread_1_1id-members.html: file name is too long (max 99); not dumped tar: doomseeker/tools/updateinstaller/external/TinyThread/doc/html/classtthread_1_1lock__guard-members.html: file name is too long (max 99); not dumped tar: doomseeker/tools/updateinstaller/external/TinyThread/doc/html/classtthread_1_1fast__mutex-members.html: file name is too long (max 99); not dumped tar: doomseeker/tools/updateinstaller/external/TinyThread/doc/html/classtthread_1_1chrono_1_1duration.html: file name is too long (max 99); not dumped tar: doomseeker/tools/updateinstaller/external/TinyThread/doc/html/classtthread_1_1recursive__mutex-members.html: file name is too long (max 99); not dumped tar: doomseeker/tools/updateinstaller/external/win32cpp/tutorials/Tutorial2/Tutorial2_2010.vcxproj.filters: file name is too long (max 99); not dumped tar: doomseeker/tools/updateinstaller/external/win32cpp/tutorials/Tutorial1/Tutorial1_2010.vcxproj.filters: file name is too long (max 99); not dumped tar: doomseeker/tools/updateinstaller/external/win32cpp/tutorials/Tutorial3/Tutorial3_2010.vcxproj.filters: file name is too long (max 99); not dumped tar: doomseeker/tools/updateinstaller/external/win32cpp/tutorials/Tutorial8/Tutorial8_2010.vcxproj.filters: file name is too long (max 99); not dumped tar: doomseeker/tools/updateinstaller/external/win32cpp/tutorials/Tutorial6/Tutorial6_2010.vcxproj.filters: file name is too long (max 99); not dumped tar: doomseeker/tools/updateinstaller/external/win32cpp/tutorials/Tutorial4/Tutorial4_2010.vcxproj.filters: file name is too long (max 99); not dumped tar: doomseeker/tools/updateinstaller/external/win32cpp/tutorials/Tutorial7/Tutorial7_2010.vcxproj.filters: file name is too long (max 99); not dumped tar: doomseeker/tools/updateinstaller/external/win32cpp/tutorials/Tutorial9/Tutorial9_2010.vcxproj.filters: file name is too long (max 99); not dumped tar: doomseeker/tools/updateinstaller/external/win32cpp/tutorials/Tutorial5/Tutorial5_2010.vcxproj.filters: file name is too long (max 99); not dumped tar: Exiting with failure status due to previous errors $ tar --format=ustar -cf doomseeker-ustar.tar doomseeker/ $ tar --format=pax -cf doomseeker-pax.tar doomseeker/ $ tar --format=gnu -cf doomseeker-gnu.tar doomseeker/

$ file doomseeker-{v7,ustar,pax,gnutar}.tar doomseeker-v7.tar: tar archive doomseeker-ustar.tar: POSIX tar archive doomseeker-pax.tar: POSIX tar archive doomseeker-gnu.tar: POSIX tar archive (GNU)

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Summary	0003841: Source code tarball downloads from DRDTeam often use non-portable tar extensions (GNU)

Revision	2020-07-03 07:07 by WubTheCaptain
Additional Information	'https://dev.gentoo.org/~mgorny/articles/portability-of-tar-features.html [^]' 'https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/pax.html [^]' file 1:5.38-5 formats explained: $ file doomseeker-{v7,ustar,pax,gnutar}.tar doomseeker-v7.tar: tar archive doomseeker-ustar.tar: POSIX tar archive doomseeker-pax.tar: POSIX tar archive doomseeker-gnu.tar: POSIX tar archive (GNU) These tarballs were created like so (/home/wub/.local/src/doomseeker/doomseeker being the Git repository's master branch HEAD, with no build/ directory): $ pwd /home/wub/.local/src/doomseeker $ tar --version tar (GNU tar) 1.30 Copyright (C) 2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>. This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. Written by John Gilmore and Jay Fenlason. $ tar --format=v7 -cf doomseeker-v7.tar doomseeker/ tar: doomseeker/tools/updateinstaller/external/TinyThread/doc/html/classtthread_1_1chrono_1_1duration-members.html: file name is too long (max 99); not dumped tar: doomseeker/tools/updateinstaller/external/TinyThread/doc/html/classtthread_1_1condition__variable-members.html: file name is too long (max 99); not dumped tar: doomseeker/tools/updateinstaller/external/TinyThread/doc/html/classtthread_1_1condition__variable.html: file name is too long (max 99); not dumped tar: doomseeker/tools/updateinstaller/external/TinyThread/doc/html/classtthread_1_1thread_1_1id-members.html: file name is too long (max 99); not dumped tar: doomseeker/tools/updateinstaller/external/TinyThread/doc/html/classtthread_1_1lock__guard-members.html: file name is too long (max 99); not dumped tar: doomseeker/tools/updateinstaller/external/TinyThread/doc/html/classtthread_1_1fast__mutex-members.html: file name is too long (max 99); not dumped tar: doomseeker/tools/updateinstaller/external/TinyThread/doc/html/classtthread_1_1chrono_1_1duration.html: file name is too long (max 99); not dumped tar: doomseeker/tools/updateinstaller/external/TinyThread/doc/html/classtthread_1_1recursive__mutex-members.html: file name is too long (max 99); not dumped tar: doomseeker/tools/updateinstaller/external/win32cpp/tutorials/Tutorial2/Tutorial2_2010.vcxproj.filters: file name is too long (max 99); not dumped tar: doomseeker/tools/updateinstaller/external/win32cpp/tutorials/Tutorial1/Tutorial1_2010.vcxproj.filters: file name is too long (max 99); not dumped tar: doomseeker/tools/updateinstaller/external/win32cpp/tutorials/Tutorial3/Tutorial3_2010.vcxproj.filters: file name is too long (max 99); not dumped tar: doomseeker/tools/updateinstaller/external/win32cpp/tutorials/Tutorial8/Tutorial8_2010.vcxproj.filters: file name is too long (max 99); not dumped tar: doomseeker/tools/updateinstaller/external/win32cpp/tutorials/Tutorial6/Tutorial6_2010.vcxproj.filters: file name is too long (max 99); not dumped tar: doomseeker/tools/updateinstaller/external/win32cpp/tutorials/Tutorial4/Tutorial4_2010.vcxproj.filters: file name is too long (max 99); not dumped tar: doomseeker/tools/updateinstaller/external/win32cpp/tutorials/Tutorial7/Tutorial7_2010.vcxproj.filters: file name is too long (max 99); not dumped tar: doomseeker/tools/updateinstaller/external/win32cpp/tutorials/Tutorial9/Tutorial9_2010.vcxproj.filters: file name is too long (max 99); not dumped tar: doomseeker/tools/updateinstaller/external/win32cpp/tutorials/Tutorial5/Tutorial5_2010.vcxproj.filters: file name is too long (max 99); not dumped tar: Exiting with failure status due to previous errors $ tar --format=ustar -cf doomseeker-ustar.tar doomseeker/ $ tar --format=pax -cf doomseeker-pax.tar doomseeker/ $ tar --format=gnu -cf doomseeker-gnu.tar doomseeker/ Less common tar formats such as star and sun formats were untested.

Revision	2020-07-03 07:01 by WubTheCaptain
Additional Information	'https://dev.gentoo.org/~mgorny/articles/portability-of-tar-features.html [^]' 'https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/pax.html [^]' file 1:5.38-5 formats explained: $ file doomseeker-{v7,ustar,pax,gnutar}.tar doomseeker-v7.tar: tar archive doomseeker-ustar.tar: POSIX tar archive doomseeker-pax.tar: POSIX tar archive doomseeker-gnu.tar: POSIX tar archive (GNU) These tarballs were created like so (/home/wub/.local/src/doomseeker/doomseeker being the Git repository's master branch HEAD, with no build/ directory): $ pwd /home/wub/.local/src/doomseeker $ tar --version tar (GNU tar) 1.30 Copyright (C) 2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>. This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. Written by John Gilmore and Jay Fenlason. $ tar --format=v7 -cf doomseeker-v7.tar doomseeker/ tar: doomseeker/tools/updateinstaller/external/TinyThread/doc/html/classtthread_1_1chrono_1_1duration-members.html: file name is too long (max 99); not dumped tar: doomseeker/tools/updateinstaller/external/TinyThread/doc/html/classtthread_1_1condition__variable-members.html: file name is too long (max 99); not dumped tar: doomseeker/tools/updateinstaller/external/TinyThread/doc/html/classtthread_1_1condition__variable.html: file name is too long (max 99); not dumped tar: doomseeker/tools/updateinstaller/external/TinyThread/doc/html/classtthread_1_1thread_1_1id-members.html: file name is too long (max 99); not dumped tar: doomseeker/tools/updateinstaller/external/TinyThread/doc/html/classtthread_1_1lock__guard-members.html: file name is too long (max 99); not dumped tar: doomseeker/tools/updateinstaller/external/TinyThread/doc/html/classtthread_1_1fast__mutex-members.html: file name is too long (max 99); not dumped tar: doomseeker/tools/updateinstaller/external/TinyThread/doc/html/classtthread_1_1chrono_1_1duration.html: file name is too long (max 99); not dumped tar: doomseeker/tools/updateinstaller/external/TinyThread/doc/html/classtthread_1_1recursive__mutex-members.html: file name is too long (max 99); not dumped tar: doomseeker/tools/updateinstaller/external/win32cpp/tutorials/Tutorial2/Tutorial2_2010.vcxproj.filters: file name is too long (max 99); not dumped tar: doomseeker/tools/updateinstaller/external/win32cpp/tutorials/Tutorial1/Tutorial1_2010.vcxproj.filters: file name is too long (max 99); not dumped tar: doomseeker/tools/updateinstaller/external/win32cpp/tutorials/Tutorial3/Tutorial3_2010.vcxproj.filters: file name is too long (max 99); not dumped tar: doomseeker/tools/updateinstaller/external/win32cpp/tutorials/Tutorial8/Tutorial8_2010.vcxproj.filters: file name is too long (max 99); not dumped tar: doomseeker/tools/updateinstaller/external/win32cpp/tutorials/Tutorial6/Tutorial6_2010.vcxproj.filters: file name is too long (max 99); not dumped tar: doomseeker/tools/updateinstaller/external/win32cpp/tutorials/Tutorial4/Tutorial4_2010.vcxproj.filters: file name is too long (max 99); not dumped tar: doomseeker/tools/updateinstaller/external/win32cpp/tutorials/Tutorial7/Tutorial7_2010.vcxproj.filters: file name is too long (max 99); not dumped tar: doomseeker/tools/updateinstaller/external/win32cpp/tutorials/Tutorial9/Tutorial9_2010.vcxproj.filters: file name is too long (max 99); not dumped tar: doomseeker/tools/updateinstaller/external/win32cpp/tutorials/Tutorial5/Tutorial5_2010.vcxproj.filters: file name is too long (max 99); not dumped tar: Exiting with failure status due to previous errors $ tar --format=ustar -cf doomseeker-ustar.tar doomseeker/ $ tar --format=pax -cf doomseeker-pax.tar doomseeker/ $ tar --format=gnu -cf doomseeker-gnu.tar doomseeker/