Bug 1040702

Summary:	tar --compare --listed-incremental does not work
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	Philippe Troin <phil>
Component:	tar	Assignee:	Ondrej Vasik <ovasik>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:	Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Version:	19	CC:	kdudka, ovasik, praiskup
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Fixed In Version:	tar-1.26-28.fc19	Doc Type:	Bug Fix
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Last Closed:	2013-12-16 23:00:33 UTC	Type:	Bug
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Description Philippe Troin 2013-12-11 23:04:09 UTC

Description of problem:
tar --compare --listed-incremental does not work

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
tar-1.26-27.fc19.x86_64

How reproducible:
Always.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. mkdir x
2. cd x
3. touch a b c
4. tar --create --listed-incremental ../demo.targ --file ../demo .
5. tar --compare --listed-incremental /dev/null --file ../demo  

Actual results:
Command #5 (tar --compare) exits with code 2 and outputs:
tar: ./: Cannot savedir: Not a directory
tar: Exiting with failure status due to previous errors

Expected results:
Tar should exit with code 0 and report no errors.

Additional info:
tar-1.27.1-2 in Rawhide seems to work.

Comment 1 Pavel Raiskup 2013-12-12 16:15:00 UTC

Thanks for this report; this was fixed upstream some time ago.  I applied
this patch:

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/scm-commits/Week-of-Mon-20131209/1157932.html

Comment 2 Fedora Update System 2013-12-12 16:35:51 UTC

tar-1.26-30.fc20 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 20.
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/tar-1.26-30.fc20

Comment 3 Fedora Update System 2013-12-12 21:19:13 UTC

tar-1.26-28.fc19 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 19.
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/tar-1.26-28.fc19

Comment 4 Fedora Update System 2013-12-15 03:27:05 UTC

Package tar-1.26-28.fc19:
* should fix your issue,
* was pushed to the Fedora 19 testing repository,
* should be available at your local mirror within two days.
Update it with:
# su -c 'yum update --enablerepo=updates-testing tar-1.26-28.fc19'
as soon as you are able to.
Please go to the following url:
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2013-23388/tar-1.26-28.fc19
then log in and leave karma (feedback).

Comment 5 Fedora Update System 2013-12-16 23:00:33 UTC

tar-1.26-28.fc19 has been pushed to the Fedora 19 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 6 Fedora Update System 2013-12-20 01:35:42 UTC

tar-1.26-30.fc20 has been pushed to the Fedora 20 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.