GNU bug report logs - #8343
ustar archive tests are incorrect with overly large UID/GID

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Package: automake;

Reported by: Tom Rini <tom_rini <at> mentor.com>

Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2011 17:04:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: patch

Merged with 13588

Done: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini <at> gmail.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Tom Rini <tom_rini <at> mentor.com>
To: <bug-automake <at> gnu.org>
Subject: ustar archive tests are incorrect with overly large UID/GID
Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2011 09:56:58 -0700

When the user has a UID or GID that is larger than the ustar format 
supports, pax does not error out gracefully in some cases (FC13).  In 
this case cpio does.

-- 
Tom Rini
Mentor Graphics Corporation
This bug report was last modified 12 years and 78 days ago.

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