Thanks; for reference here is the (2 entry) thread on bug-cpio which I posted and it got ack'd:
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-cpio/2007-09/msg00006.html
I'm not sure your comment in the diff is actually correct; I think the case this fixes isn't actually invalid data just an obscure header format that is actually valid.
Dave
Thanks; for reference here is the (2 entry) thread on bug-cpio which I posted and it got ack'd:
http:// lists.gnu. org/archive/ html/bug- cpio/2007- 09/msg00006. html
I'm not sure your comment in the diff is actually correct; I think the case this fixes isn't actually
invalid data just an obscure header format that is actually valid.
Dave