Debian bug report logs - #819 , boring messages ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message sent to debian-devel@pixar.com: Subject: Bug#819: tar should have null-separated archive list option 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 20:33:13 GMT Resent-Message-ID: X-Debian-PR-Package: tar X-Debian-PR-Keywords: Received: via spool for debian-bugs; Fri, 21 Apr 1995 20:33:13 GMT Received: with rfc822 via encapsulated-mail id 042120280028973; Fri, 21 Apr 1995 20:28:00 GMT Received: from pixar.com by mongo.pixar.com with smtp (Smail3.1.28.1 #15) id m0s2PHq-0008m7A; Fri, 21 Apr 95 13:26 PDT Received: from bootes.cus.cam.ac.uk by pixar.com with SMTP id AA11253 (5.65c/IDA-1.4.4 for ); Fri, 21 Apr 1995 13:25:27 -0700 Received: by bootes.cus.cam.ac.uk (Smail-3.1.29.0 #30) id m0s2PFM-000BzrA; Fri, 21 Apr 95 21:24 BST Received: by chiark id m0s2OVg-0000XPA (Debian /\oo/\ Smail3.1.29.1 #29.30); Fri, 21 Apr 95 20:37 BST Message-Id: Date: Fri, 21 Apr 95 20:37 BST From: iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackson) To: Debian bugs submission address Precedence: air-mail Package: tar Version: 1.11.5-2 The usage message from tar says that the -null flag causes tar to expect a null-separated list of filenames (for -T, etc.) However, when listing the contents of an archive, there appears to be no way to produce a null-terminated list. Such a facility would be useful, and is necessary to deal properly with filenames containing newlines. Ian. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message sent: From: iwj10@thor.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackson) To: iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackson) Subject: Bug#819: Acknowledgement (was: tar should have null-separated archive list option) 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#819" or "Re: Bug#819" 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