Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 137620
Ark chokes on large tar files.
Last modified: 2007-11-30 17:10:53 EST
Description of problem: Ark hangs when trying to open large tar files. I suspect that it doesn't realize they are compressed. The file in question was produced as root with: tar -cvzf home.tgz /home It was 4.1 GB in size. Tar opened it easily. I suspect ark didn't realize it was compressed, but that is just a guess. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): kdebase-3.3.0-8 Is ark part of kdebase ? How reproducible: I tested it twice and it happened twice. Due to the time it takes to test this, I didn't test it again, although I could if you need me to. home.tgz is backed up on disk. Steps to Reproduce: 1.tar a large amount of data using tar -cvzf something.tgz /somewhere 2.open the archive with ark. 3.wait and wait and wait. Actual results: ark hangs. The OS slows down considerably. Expected results: ark should build the directory/file list and display them. Additional info: I liked file roller a lot better than ark (so far) Ark had problems with some other files as well. In general I've found it to be nearly unusable. I used the tar /home example because I knew the archive was good and I tried it twice.
This is still a problem with FC3 final. It totally stalls the machine. file-roller does the task easily.
Fedora Core 3 is now maintained by the Fedora Legacy project for security updates only. If this problem is a security issue, please reopen and reassign to the Fedora Legacy product. If it is not a security issue and hasn't been resolved in the current FC5 updates or in the FC6 test release, reopen and change the version to match. Thank you!
Closing per lack of response to previous request for information. This bug was originally filed against a much earlier version of Fedora Core, and significant changes have taken place since the last version for which this bug is confirmed. Note that FC3 and FC4 are supported by Fedora Legacy for security fixes only. Please install a still supported version and retest. If it still occurs on FC5 or FC6, please reopen and assign to the correct version. Otherwise, if this a security issue, please change the product to Fedora Legacy. Thanks, and we are sorry that we did not get to this bug earlier.