[bug #20192] mc cannot navigate into tar files created with star

[Alexander Skwar <INVALID NOREPLY gnu org>]

URL:
  <http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?20192>

                 Summary: mc cannot navigate into tar files created with star
                 Project: GNU Midnight Commander
            Submitted by: askwar
            Submitted on: Sonntag 17.06.2007 um 16:47
                Category: None
                Severity: 3 - Normal
                  Status: None
                 Privacy: Public
             Assigned to: None
             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
                 Release: 4.6.1
        Operating System: All

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Details:

I downloaded the latest alpha release of cdrecord from
ftp://ftp.berlios.de/pub/cdrecord/alpha/cdrtools-2.01.01a27.tar.bz2. Now I'd
like to "navigate into" this tar file. So I start mc 4.6.1 (on Gentoo Linux
and also on Solaris 10), highlight this file and press <ENTER>.

Nothing happens.

On other tar files, I'm then seeing whatever is stored in this tar file.
Interestingly, star seems to be able create compatible tar files, as the
previous alpha of cdrecord is "<ENTER>able" with mc. Eg.
ftp://ftp.berlios.de/pub/cdrecord/alpha/cdrtools-2.01.01a26.tar.bz2

This problem seems to exist with every tar file created by star by running

   star -c -find $directory -chown root -chgrp bin > file.tar

I'll attach such a sample file to this bug report. This tar file has been
created with star 1.5a81 (the latest version as of this writing) on a Solaris
10 machine.

alexander blattli ~/tmp $ md5sum sample.star_rel1.5a81.tar 
1e0d8a07145d269a68f3c66de9c1c44b  sample.star_rel1.5a81.tar




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File Attachments:


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Date: Sonntag 17.06.2007 um 16:47  Name: sample.star_rel1.5a81.tar  Size:
130kB   By: askwar
Sample star tar file, for which &lt;ENTER&gt; in mc does not work
<http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/download.php?file_id=13081>

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