GNU bug report logs - #70987
29.2; Zip nested in tar, members do not open

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Benjamin Riefenstahl <b.riefenstahl <at> turtle-trading.net>

Date: Thu, 16 May 2024 16:29:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: confirmed

Found in version 29.2

Done: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #10 received at 70987 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Andrea Corallo <acorallo <at> gnu.org>
To: Benjamin Riefenstahl <b.riefenstahl <at> turtle-trading.net>
Cc: 70987 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#70987: 29.2; Zip nested in tar, members do not open  
Date: Sat, 18 May 2024 14:23:22 -0400

Benjamin Riefenstahl <b.riefenstahl <at> turtle-trading.net> writes:

> Create a zip file wrapped in a tar file.  E.g. in a shell do:
>
>   $ zip -j zipped /etc/passwd
>   $ tar cvzf tarred.tar.gz zipped.zip
>
> In Emacs
>
>   * C-x C-f tarred.tar.gz RET
>   * RET on zipped.zip
>   * RET on passwd
>   * Error: unzip:  cannot find or open tarred.tar.gz!./zipped.zip, ...
>
> Note that tars nested in tars or zips nested in zips do work.

I can reproduce this on current master as well.

  Andrea
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