[asterisk-bugs] [DAHDI-linux 0016063]: [patch] tar fails to chown in centos 4.3

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https://issues.asterisk.org/view.php?id=16063 
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Reported By:                tzafrir
Assigned To:                
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Project:                    DAHDI-linux
Issue ID:                   16063
Category:                   General
Reproducibility:            have not tried
Severity:                   minor
Priority:                   normal
Status:                     ready for testing
JIRA:                        
Reviewboard Link:            
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Date Submitted:             2009-10-13 11:02 CDT
Last Modified:              2010-03-17 10:27 CDT
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Summary:                    [patch] tar fails to chown in centos 4.3
Description: 
System: Centos 4.

tar-1.14-12.RHEL4

Building as non-root.

tar: drivers/dahdi/vpmadt032_loader/vpmadt032_x86_64.o_shipped: Cannot
change ownership to uid 0, gid 0: Operation not permitted
tar: drivers/dahdi/vpmadt032_loader/vpmadt032_x86_32.o_shipped: Cannot
change ownership to uid 0, gid 0: Operation not permitted
tar: drivers/dahdi/vpmadt032_loader/vpmadt032_loader.h: Cannot change
ownership to uid 0, gid 0: Operation not permitted
tar: drivers/dahdi/vpmadt032_loader: Cannot change ownership to uid 0, gid
0: Operation not permitted
tar: drivers/dahdi: Cannot change ownership to uid 0, gid 0: Operation not
permitted
tar: drivers: Cannot change ownership to uid 0, gid 0: Operation not
permitted
tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors
make[2]: *** [dahdi-fwload-vpmadt032-1.17.0.tar.gz] Error 2
make[2]: Leaving directory
`/repo/debs_sarge/components/xpp-dahdi/linux/trunk/drivers/dahdi/firmware'
make[1]: *** [firmware-loaders] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory
`/repo/debs_sarge/components/xpp-dahdi/linux/trunk'
make: *** [modules] Error 2

I have not encountered this error later, and thus suspect it was fixed
later on (ignoring impossible application of -o) . This seems like a bug in
that specific version of tar at first glance. I have not looked for updates
yet.

Attached patch is a quick fix for this: removes the option '-o' from tar.
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 (0119511) sruffell (administrator) - 2010-03-17 10:27
 https://issues.asterisk.org/view.php?id=16063#c119511 
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There is something I'm not following here.  I believed that the -o option
is need in order to prevent tar from setting the user and group to the one
saved in the actual tarfile.  So you're thought is that tar-1.14-12.RHEL4
isn't honouring the -o flag appropriately?

So basically, this issue is just to make a note about a potential problem
with that tar version and can be closed? 

Issue History 
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2010-03-17 10:27 sruffell       Note Added: 0119511                          
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