Unable to create files larger than 2GB
Bug #56764 reported by
andrei.tanasescu
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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pax (Debian) |
Fix Released
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Unknown
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pax (Ubuntu) |
Invalid
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Wishlist
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: pax
Try to create any archive with the following command, which exceeds 2GB on the default ext3 filesystem.
pax -x cpio -w -f <output> <input>
The command will stop with :
pax: End of archive volume 1 reached
ATTENTION! pax archive volume change required.
Ready for archive volume: 2
Input archive name or "." to quit pax.
Archive name > .
Quitting pax!
pax: Unable to write cpio header for (null)
Changed in pax: | |
status: | Unknown → Unconfirmed |
Changed in pax (Debian): | |
status: | New → Won't Fix |
Changed in pax (Debian): | |
status: | Won't Fix → Fix Released |
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On Fri, 2005-07-08 at 22:02 +0200, Marc Lehmann wrote:
> pax cannot cope with large files:
The problem is that upstream for pax is OpenBSD, and the last time I
tried pulling a newer version it had dependencies on some libraries that
weren't present in Debian that I wasn't motivated to deal with. There
was a 'paxutils' package being worked on by FSF folks for a while that I
assumed would eventually be the better choice for Debian, but the last
update to that was in 1999, I think.
I think this translates roughly to "I'll be happy to accept a patch, but
don't hold your breath waiting for a solution"...
Bdale