bin/121598: bsdtar doesn't always report an error if a files pattern fails to match

John Baldwin jhb at FreeBSD.org
Tue Mar 11 12:50:02 UTC 2008


>Number:         121598
>Category:       bin
>Synopsis:       bsdtar doesn't always report an error if a files pattern fails to match
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Tue Mar 11 12:50:02 UTC 2008
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     John Baldwin
>Release:        6.x
>Organization:
>Environment:
>Description:
FreeBSD6:

$ touch foo
$ tar zcfv tar.tgz foo
$ tar zxfv tar.tgz foo bar
x foo
$ echo $?
0

On Linux, this is an error:

$ touch foo
$ tar zcfv tar.tgz foo
$ tar zxfv tar.tgz foo bar
foo
tar: bar: Not found in archive
tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors
$ echo $?
2

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>Fix:


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>Audit-Trail:
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