Bug 723726

Summary: tar --verify / -W broken in current version (1.25)
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Ved Vyas <ved>
Component: tarAssignee: Ondrej Vasik <ovasik>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Version: 15CC: kdudka, ovasik, pasteur
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Fixed In Version: tar-1.26-1.fc15 Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Description Ved Vyas 2011-07-20 22:11:19 UTC 
Description of problem:
Using tar --verify (or -W) to verify an archive after creating it fails.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
GNU tar 1.25

How reproducible:
Always, regardless of -p, etc.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. echo 'asdf' > temp
2. tar -cpvWf temp.tar temp
3. check exit status and output
  
Actual results:
temp
Verify temp
temp: Mode differs
temp: Uid differs
temp: Gid differs
temp: Mod time differs

return code: 1

Expected results:
Should verify w/out problems.

Additional info:
Apparently this was introduced in 1.24 and has been fixed upstream in 1.26. See 
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-tar/2010-11/msg00065.html
http://savannah.gnu.org/forum/forum.php?forum_id=6746

Would it be possible to switch to 1.26 or backport the fix to the current one?
Comment 1 Ondrej Vasik 2011-07-22 05:25:56 UTC 
Thanks for report and upstream info links.
Both possibilities... 1.26 is bugfix only release and it fixes more than just this one bug. In addition, 1.26 is in Rawhide for more than 4 months. 
On other hand - backport is small, just 2 lines (or ~20 if both related patches are taken). I'll do an update next week (I'm on vacation now).
Comment 2 Ved Vyas 2011-07-23 21:10:42 UTC 
Sounds good, thanks. Enjoy the rest of your vacation!
Comment 3 Fedora Update System 2011-07-27 08:46:45 UTC 
tar-1.26-1.fc15 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 15.
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/tar-1.26-1.fc15
Comment 4 Fedora Update System 2011-07-31 03:50:48 UTC 
Package tar-1.26-1.fc15:
* should fix your issue,
* was pushed to the Fedora 15 testing repository,
* should be available at your local mirror within two days.
Update it with:
# su -c 'yum update --enablerepo=updates-testing tar-1.26-1.fc15'
as soon as you are able to.
Please go to the following url:
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/tar-1.26-1.fc15
then log in and leave karma (feedback).
Comment 5 Fedora Update System 2011-08-02 01:52:13 UTC 
tar-1.26-1.fc15 has been pushed to the Fedora 15 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
Comment 6 Ved Vyas 2011-08-17 00:43:43 UTC 
Sorry I couldn't leave karma on the update before it was pushed to stable. Looks like it works just fine now, thanks!