Bug 6861 – tar dead after selective directory extraction command

Bug 6861 - tar dead after selective directory extraction command

Summary:	tar dead after selective directory extraction command

Status:	CLOSED WONTFIX

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Product:	Red Hat Linux
Classification:	Retired
Component:	tar (Show other bugs)
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Version:	6.0
Hardware:	i386 Linux

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Assigned To:	Bernhard Rosenkraenzer
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Reported:	1999-11-09 16:18 EST by J.M. Roth
Modified:	2008-05-01 11:37 EDT (History)
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Last Closed:	1999-11-11 10:27:34 EST
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Description J.M. Roth 1999-11-09 16:18:29 EST

When I try to extract a certain directory from our tape
drive using:
tar -xvf /dev/st0 home/FV/etimine
tar dies (D in ps -aux)
tar -tvf /dev/st0 works, it displays the tar's contents
a complete extraction also works
upgraded to tar 1.13 already, same error

Comment 1 J.M. Roth 1999-11-09 17:14:59 EST

sorry, tar also seems "D" (dead) during a full restore or something
why does it show as "dead"? confusion!

Comment 2 Bernhard Rosenkraenzer 1999-11-11 10:27:59 EST

The process state "D" means "uninterruptible sleep (IO)", and is
perfectly normal for tasks handling slow media such as tape drives or
floppy disks.

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