From dcbd51dd2874164b693fc7133a07714c8ea14234 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Denis Vlasenko Date: Sat, 3 Mar 2007 20:06:59 +0000 Subject: tar: handle tarfiles with (broken) checksums a-la Sun. --- archival/tar.c | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) (limited to 'archival/tar.c') diff --git a/archival/tar.c b/archival/tar.c index 1cdae296d..992128ef4 100644 --- a/archival/tar.c +++ b/archival/tar.c @@ -173,6 +173,9 @@ static void putOctal(char *cp, int len, off_t value) static void chksum_and_xwrite(int fd, struct TarHeader* hp) { + /* POSIX says that checksum is done on unsigned bytes + * (Sun and HP-UX fucked it up... more details in + * GNU tar source) */ const unsigned char *cp; int chksum, size; -- cgit v1.2.3