From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#258: [22.2]: visiting boost_1_35_0.tar.bz2 causes an error Date: Tue, 20 May 2008 23:30:32 +0300 Message-ID: References: <6EE216E1AA959543A555C60FF34FB767042FB5EC@maileube01.misys.global.ad> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii , 258@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1211316735 28840 80.91.229.12 (20 May 2008 20:52:15 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 20 May 2008 20:52:15 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 258@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com, Simon.Marshall@misys.com, bug-submit-list@donarmstrong.com, bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: Stefan Monnier , 258@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue May 20 22:52:50 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1JyYp5-0005kd-Bv for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 20 May 2008 22:52:39 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:52305 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JyYoL-0001TD-8G for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 20 May 2008 16:51:53 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JyYoF-0001RH-TW for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 20 May 2008 16:51:48 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JyYoE-0001NX-2x for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 20 May 2008 16:51:47 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=54750 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JyYoD-0001NI-LX for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 20 May 2008 16:51:45 -0400 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu ([138.23.92.77]:46296) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JyYoD-0005sm-81 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 20 May 2008 16:51:45 -0400 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu (rzlab.ucr.edu [127.0.0.1]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8/Debian-3) with ESMTP id m4KKpgNb029603; Tue, 20 May 2008 13:51:43 -0700 Original-Received: (from debbugs@localhost) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8/Submit) id m4KKe4c0026209; Tue, 20 May 2008 13:40:04 -0700 X-Loop: don@donarmstrong.com Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Resent-To: bug-submit-list@donarmstrong.com Resent-CC: Emacs Bugs Resent-Date: Tue, 20 May 2008 20:40:04 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: don@donarmstrong.com X-Emacs-PR-Message: report 258 X-Emacs-PR-Package: emacs X-Emacs-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by submit@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com id=B.121131544324627 (code B ref -1); Tue, 20 May 2008 20:40:04 +0000 Original-Received: (at submit) by emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com; 20 May 2008 20:30:43 +0000 Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org (lists.gnu.org [199.232.76.165]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8/Debian-3) with ESMTP id m4KKUZlh024463 for ; Tue, 20 May 2008 13:30:37 -0700 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JyYTh-0001xj-E2 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 20 May 2008 16:30:33 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JyYTg-0001xQ-Fd for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 20 May 2008 16:30:33 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=54764 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JyYTg-0001xN-83 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 20 May 2008 16:30:32 -0400 Original-Received: from mtaout2.012.net.il ([84.95.2.4]:62075) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JyYTg-0002Kt-1L for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 20 May 2008 16:30:32 -0400 Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 ([84.228.202.83]) by i_mtaout2.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2004.12) with ESMTPA id <0K1600370PN9BEY0@i_mtaout2.012.net.il> for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 20 May 2008 23:45:10 +0300 (IDT) In-reply-to: X-012-Sender: halo1@inter.net.il X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Solaris 9.1 X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) Resent-Date: Tue, 20 May 2008 16:51:47 -0400 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:18071 Archived-At: > From: Stefan Monnier > Date: Tue, 20 May 2008 14:42:05 -0400 > Cc: 258@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com, bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org > > > This report is going to be annoying, because > > http://downloads.sourceforge.net/boost/boost_1_35_0.tar.bz2?modtime=1206 > > 795398&big_mirror=0 is a 22M file. Sorry. This also applies to 22.1. > > > If I download the file, then visiting it under emacs -Q gives me: > > > Debugger entered--Lisp error: (args-out-of-range -256589311 -256588799) > > The problem appears to be that the file uses a format that tar-mode.el > doesn't understand: the errors shows up with the first filename that is > longer than 100 chars. > It appears to be some GNU tar format whoe description I cannot > find anywhere. Basically, the block that is supposed to describe the > file is replaced by a block that contains the complete filename (padded > to 512 with \0 bytes) and is followed by the actual block: It's the ustar format used by pax. We've bumped into this before, I think; search the archives. (It's strange, though: I'm quite sure I installed a stopgap fix in the last minute before v22.1 hit the FTP sites, so maybe I'm confused and this is another problem?)