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

From: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: Benjamin Riefenstahl <b.riefenstahl <at> turtle-trading.net>,
 70987 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#70987: 29.2; Zip nested in tar, members do not open
Date: Mon, 20 May 2024 09:22:57 +0300

>> 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, ...
>
> Does the patch below give good results?

I added new tests in arc-mode-tests.el and tar-mode-tests.el
to cover this case, and with your patch these tests are passed.
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