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-rw-r--r--archival/libarchive/get_header_tar.c28
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/archival/libarchive/get_header_tar.c b/archival/libarchive/get_header_tar.c
index 2dbcdb50c..fb68673b9 100644
--- a/archival/libarchive/get_header_tar.c
+++ b/archival/libarchive/get_header_tar.c
@@ -350,7 +350,14 @@ char FAST_FUNC get_header_tar(archive_handle_t *archive_handle)
case '6':
file_header->mode |= S_IFIFO;
goto size0;
+ case 'g': /* pax global header */
+ case 'x': { /* pax extended header */
+ if ((uoff_t)file_header->size > 0xfffff) /* paranoia */
+ goto skip_ext_hdr;
+ process_pax_hdr(archive_handle, file_header->size, (tar.typeflag == 'g'));
+ goto again_after_align;
#if ENABLE_FEATURE_TAR_GNU_EXTENSIONS
+/* See http://www.gnu.org/software/tar/manual/html_node/Extensions.html */
case 'L':
/* free: paranoia: tar with several consecutive longnames */
free(p_longname);
@@ -370,18 +377,17 @@ char FAST_FUNC get_header_tar(archive_handle_t *archive_handle)
archive_handle->offset += file_header->size;
/* return get_header_tar(archive_handle); */
goto again;
- case 'D': /* GNU dump dir */
- case 'M': /* Continuation of multi volume archive */
- case 'N': /* Old GNU for names > 100 characters */
- case 'S': /* Sparse file */
- case 'V': /* Volume header */
+/*
+ * case 'S': // Sparse file
+ * Was seen in the wild. Not supported (yet?).
+ * See https://www.gnu.org/software/tar/manual/html_section/tar_92.html
+ * for the format. (An "Old GNU Format" was seen, not PAX formats).
+ */
+// case 'D': /* GNU dump dir */
+// case 'M': /* Continuation of multi volume archive */
+// case 'N': /* Old GNU for names > 100 characters */
+// case 'V': /* Volume header */
#endif
- case 'g': /* pax global header */
- case 'x': { /* pax extended header */
- if ((uoff_t)file_header->size > 0xfffff) /* paranoia */
- goto skip_ext_hdr;
- process_pax_hdr(archive_handle, file_header->size, (tar.typeflag == 'g'));
- goto again_after_align;
}
skip_ext_hdr:
{