GNU bug report logs - #3410
tar mode fails to open many valid files

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Paul Pogonyshev <p.pogonyshev <at> anakreon.net>

Date: Thu, 28 May 2009 14:15:04 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> IRO.UMontreal.CA>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Paul Pogonyshev <p.pogonyshev <at> anakreon.net>
To: submit <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: tar mode fails to open many valid files
Date: Thu, 28 May 2009 17:05:14 +0300

When I open a 'tar.gz' file in Emacs, it quite often fails with a
message similar to:

    File mode specification error: (error
    "ntWorkbookBuilder.SheetRecordCollectingListener.html\"
    title=\"class in org.apache.poi.hssf.eventuserm has size
    -137265917 - corrupted")

E.g. file at

    http://apache.promotionalpro.com/poi/dev/bin/poi-bin-3.5-beta5-20090219.tar.gz

exhibits this error.  It can be extracted without problems with 'tar
-xzf ...' at command line, so it must be a bug in Emacs' tar mode.
Maybe it is too strict or doesn't handle some extension properly.

Paul
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