Bug 591250 - virt-tar prints "tar_in: tar subcommand failed on directory" if the archive is compressed or not in the right format
Summary: virt-tar prints "tar_in: tar subcommand failed on directory" if the archive i...
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Status: CLOSED UPSTREAM
Alias: None
Product: Virtualization Tools
Classification: Community
Component: libguestfs
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
high
high
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Richard W.M. Jones
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Depends On: 576879 591155 627835
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2010-05-11 18:19 UTC by Richard W.M. Jones
Modified: 2011-07-14 19:08 UTC (History)
4 users (show)

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Clone Of: 591155
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Last Closed: 2011-07-14 19:08:29 UTC
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Description Richard W.M. Jones 2010-05-11 18:19:28 UTC 
+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #591155 +++

virt-tar -u gives an obscure error if the archive is compressed.
Comment 1 Richard W.M. Jones 2010-05-13 09:27:42 UTC 
Patches posted upstream to improve the error messages:

https://www.redhat.com/archives/libguestfs/2010-May/msg00062.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/libguestfs/2010-May/msg00063.html
Comment 2 Bug Zapper 2010-07-30 11:36:14 UTC 
This bug appears to have been reported against 'rawhide' during the Fedora 14 development cycle.
Changing version to '14'.

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Comment 3 Richard W.M. Jones 2010-10-16 13:24:03 UTC 
This bug should be in the Virtualization Tools product.
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