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0000814 [1003.1(2013)/Issue7+TC1] Shell and Utilities Objection Clarification Requested 2014-01-10 23:29 2019-06-10 08:54
Reporter philip-guenther View Status public  
Assigned To
Priority normal Resolution Accepted As Marked  
Status Closed  
Name Philip Guenther
Organization OpenBSD
User Reference
Section pax
Page Number 3035-3048
Line Number 100786-100798
Interp Status Approved
Final Accepted Text See Note: 0002183.
Summary 0000814: unclear behavior when 'size' keyword deleted or overriden
Description I can't figure out how pax should behave with
   -o delete=size

When writing an archive, it would presumably make it an error to try to store a file larger than the ustar format's size limit, but when reading it would appear to break the parsing of the archive, as pax would no longer expect the correct number of data blocks.

Similarly, with
    -o size:=100

it should...act like all files were 100 octets in length, writing only one data block?? What data should it write if the file was actually shorter than that? If I'm reading things correctly, it should still store the real file size into the ustar header. Again, when using that while reading an archive the counting of data blocks will be screwed up.

Even better:
    -o size:=

Line 101359 says "If -okeyword:= is used, the affected attributes shall be ignored.", so the file size will be ignored, which is nonsense. Ditto for
    -o path:=
or
    -o linkpath:=
Desired Action Explicitly state that it's undefined behavior to delete, ignore, or override the 'size' keyword, or to ignore the 'path' or 'linkpath' keywords.
Tags tc2-2008
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(0002183)
Don Cragun (manager)
2014-03-13 15:49
edited on: 2014-03-13 15:51

Interpretation response
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The standard does not speak to this issue, and as such no conformance distinction can be made between alternative implementations based on this. This is being referred to the sponsor.

Rationale:
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If a user overrides data needed to determine where a file is in an archive, the results are undefined.

Notes to the Editor (not part of this interpretation):
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Add after P3038, L100931:
    If the -o delete=pattern, -o keyword=value, or -o keyword:=value options
    are used to override or remove any extended header data needed to find files in
    an archive (e.g., -o delete=size for a file whose size cannot be represented in a
    ustar header or -o size=100 for a file whose size is not 100 bytes), the behavior
    is undefined.


(0002213)
ajosey (manager)
2014-04-01 13:34

Interpretation proposed: 1 April 2014
(0002238)
ajosey (manager)
2014-05-01 10:54

Interpretation approved May 1 2014

- Issue History
Date Modified Username Field Change
2014-01-10 23:29 philip-guenther New Issue
2014-01-10 23:29 philip-guenther Name => Philip Guenther
2014-01-10 23:29 philip-guenther Organization => OpenBSD
2014-01-10 23:29 philip-guenther Section => pax
2014-01-10 23:29 philip-guenther Page Number => 3035-3048
2014-01-10 23:29 philip-guenther Line Number => 100786-100798
2014-03-13 15:49 Don Cragun Note Added: 0002183
2014-03-13 15:50 Don Cragun Interp Status => Pending
2014-03-13 15:50 Don Cragun Final Accepted Text => See Note: 0002183.
2014-03-13 15:50 Don Cragun Status New => Interpretation Required
2014-03-13 15:50 Don Cragun Resolution Open => Accepted As Marked
2014-03-13 15:51 Don Cragun Note Edited: 0002183
2014-03-13 15:52 Don Cragun Tag Attached: tc2-2008
2014-04-01 13:34 ajosey Interp Status Pending => Proposed
2014-04-01 13:34 ajosey Note Added: 0002213
2014-05-01 10:54 ajosey Interp Status Proposed => Approved
2014-05-01 10:54 ajosey Note Added: 0002238
2019-06-10 08:54 agadmin Status Interpretation Required => Closed


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