[Bug 671972] Re: Cannot extract lzma compressed archives created with tar

[Mathew Hodson]

** Changed in: tar (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Invalid

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Title:
  Cannot extract lzma compressed archives created with tar

Status in tar package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: tar

  After upgrading to Maverick I'm not able to open with `unlzma' lzma
  compressed archives created with `tar'.

  Steps to reproduce:

  $ touch file
  $ tar --lzma -cf archive.tar.lzma file
  $ rm file
  $ unlzma archive.tar.lzma 
  unlzma: SetDecoderProperties() error

  Extracting the archive using `tar' works:

  $ tar --lzma -xf archive.tar.lzma 
  $ ls
  archive.tar.lzma  file

  Extracting tar archives compressed with `lzma' works:

  $ rm *
  $ touch file
  $ tar -cf archive.tar file 
  $ lzma archive.tar
  $ rm file
  $ unlzma archive.tar.lzma
  $ tar -xf archive.tar 
  $ ls
  archive.tar  file

  Extracting with `unlzma' compressed archives created with `tar' in Ubuntu Lucid works. `lzma' version is the same in Lucid and Maverick, and in Lucid I wasn't affected by this problem so I'm addressing `tar'. Package info:
  $ apt-cache policy tar
  tar:
    Installed: 1.23-2
    Candidate: 1.23-2
    Version table:
   *** 1.23-2 0
          500 http://it.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick/main i386 Packages
          100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

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