Debian bug report logs - #817 , boring messages ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message sent to debian-devel@pixar.com: Subject: Bug#817: tar -T /dev/null extracts whole archive ! Reply-To: iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackson), debian-bugs@pixar.com Resent-To: debian-devel@pixar.com Resent-From: iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackson) Resent-Sender: iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk Resent-Date: Fri, 21 Apr 1995 20:33:03 GMT Resent-Message-ID: X-Debian-PR-Package: tar X-Debian-PR-Keywords: Received: via spool for debian-bugs; Fri, 21 Apr 1995 20:33:03 GMT Received: with rfc822 via encapsulated-mail id 042120253728891; Fri, 21 Apr 1995 20:25:37 GMT Received: from pixar.com by mongo.pixar.com with smtp (Smail3.1.28.1 #15) id m0s2PFT-000AAoA; Fri, 21 Apr 95 13:24 PDT Received: from bootes.cus.cam.ac.uk by pixar.com with SMTP id AA11216 (5.65c/IDA-1.4.4 for ); Fri, 21 Apr 1995 13:24:15 -0700 Received: by bootes.cus.cam.ac.uk (Smail-3.1.29.0 #30) id m0s2PFN-000BzzA; Fri, 21 Apr 95 21:24 BST Received: by chiark id m0s2OxB-0000XPA (Debian /\oo/\ Smail3.1.29.1 #29.30); Fri, 21 Apr 95 21:05 BST Message-Id: Date: Fri, 21 Apr 95 21:05 BST From: iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackson) To: Debian bugs submission address Precedence: air-mail Package: tar Version: 1.11.5-2 chiark:~/junk> tar -vvtf t drwxrwsr-x ian/ian 0 Apr 21 20:38 1995 d/ -rw-rw-r-- ian/ian 0 Apr 21 20:38 1995 d/a -rw-rw-r-- ian/ian 0 Apr 21 20:38 1995 d/b chiark:~/junk> rm -r d chiark:~/junk> tar --null -T /dev/null -f t -vvx drwxrwsr-x ian/ian 0 Apr 21 20:38 1995 d/ -rw-rw-r-- ian/ian 0 Apr 21 20:38 1995 d/a -rw-rw-r-- ian/ian 0 Apr 21 20:38 1995 d/b chiark:~/junk> ll d total 5 drwxrwsr-x 2 ian ian 1024 Apr 21 20:38 ./ drwxrwsr-x 17 ian ian 4096 Apr 21 21:03 ../ -rw-rw-r-- 1 ian ian 0 Apr 21 20:38 a -rw-rw-r-- 1 ian ian 0 Apr 21 20:38 b chiark:~/junk> >From tar --help (the only documentation available): -T, --files-from=NAME get names to extract or create from file NAME --null -T reads null-terminated names, disable -C It seems to me that this should instead do nothing. Now I shall have to use a temporary file rather than a pipe, as attempting to take special measures to kill the `tar' if I discover I don't have anything for it to do would be prone to failure. Yuk. Ian. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message sent: From: iwj10@thor.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackson) To: iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackson) Subject: Bug#817: Acknowledgement (was: tar -T /dev/null extracts whole archive !) In-Reply-To: References: Thank you for the problem report you have sent regarding Debian GNU/Linux. This is an automatically generated reply, to let you know your message has been received. It is being forwarded to the developers' mailing list for their attention; they will reply in due course. If you wish to submit further information on your problem, please send it to debian-bugs@pixar.com, but please ensure that the Subject line of your message starts with "Bug#817" or "Re: Bug#817" so that we can identify it as relating to the same problem. Please do not reply to the address at the top of this message, unless you wish to report a problem with the bug-tracking system. Ian Jackson (maintainer, debian-bugs) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Ian Jackson / iwj10@thor.cam.ac.uk , with the debian-bugs tracking mechanism This page last modified 07:43:01 GMT Wed 01 Nov