Archive::Tar issue with VMS - M::B::ppm.t

Hello Jos,

I have been trying to track down an issue with why ppm.t is failing on VMS.

The problem seems to be in reading in a binary file on VMS.  A VMS 
executable should be able to be stored in a tar archive and restored, 
even if the VMS attributes are lost.  The VMS image activator, at least 
on Alpha, does not require the attributes to be present, as long as the 
file is intact.

It appears that Archive::Tar is creating a corrupt archive, which it can 
not decode.

bash$ tar -tvf PPM-Simple-0_01.tar
drwxrwxrwx unknown/unknown   0 2008-05-26 22:12 blib
drwxrwxrwx unknown/unknown   0 2008-05-26 22:11 blib/arch
drwxrwxrwx unknown/unknown   0 2008-05-26 22:11 blib/arch/auto
drwxrwxrwx unknown/unknown   0 2008-05-26 22:11 blib/arch/auto/simple
-r-xr-xr-x unknown/unknown 7366 2008-05-26 22:11 
blib/arch/auto/simple/pl_simple.exe
tar: Skipping to next header
tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors


My recent port of GNUTAR also seems to have a similar problem, but does 
not appear to be creating corrupt archives.

When I created an archive containing pl_simple.exe using gnu tar 1.19, I 
got the following:

bash$ tar cvf gnutar_test.tar blib/arch/auto/simple/pl_simple.exe
blib/arch/auto/simple/pl_simple.exe
tar: blib/arch/auto/simple/pl_simple.exe: File shrank by 6854 bytes; 
padding with zeros

In both cases, the complete file does not appear to have been read in, 
just the first 512 bytes, after which it pads with zeros.

Do you have any idea where the problem could be?

Thanks,
-John
wb8tyw@qsl.net
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• Archive::Tar issue with VMS - M::B::ppm.t by John E. Malmberg
• Re: Archive::Tar issue with VMS - M::B::ppm.t by Craig A. Berry
• Re: Archive::Tar issue with VMS - M::B::ppm.t by John E. Malmberg