archive manager is not warning when corrupt tar opened

[Allan Kelly]

I have occasionally experienced instances when my backups using tar have created a bad .tar file.

Archive Manager opens the archive file and the archive hierarchy is partially displayed, but there is no warning that file is corrupt and the displayed tree is corrupt/incomplete.

Listing archive with tar -t exits with error, and opening the archive with an alternative manager (ark) also displays partial hierarchy, but does display a message warning that the tar file is corrupt.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: file-roller 3.10.2.1-0ubuntu4.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-34.60-generic 3.13.11.4
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-34-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.3
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Mon Aug 18 09:40:14 2014
InstallationDate: Installed on 2011-11-01 (1020 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111012)
SourcePackage: file-roller
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2014-04-18 (121 days ago)

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. The issue you are reporting is an upstream one and it would be nice if somebody having it could send the bug to the developers of the software by following the instructions at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/Upstream/GNOME. If you have done so, please tell us the number of the upstream bug (or the link), so we can add a bugwatch that will inform us about its status. Thanks in advance.