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Date:	Wed, 16 Jul 2003 20:37:29 -0400
From:	Christopher Faylor <cgf-idd AT cygwin DOT com>
To:	cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject:	Re: tar 1.13.25 runs forever and produces nothing on this test case
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On Wed, Jul 16, 2003 at 02:12:18PM -0700, Biederman, Steve wrote:
>tar 1.13.25 runs forever, consuming CPU time, and produces nothing, on
>the following test case:
>
>Go to an empty directory.  Extract the attached with "tar -xzf
>hang.tgz".  Test that tar works on the extracted tree by doing
>something like "tar -cf /temp/test.tar ."
>
>Now, "mv ATA_INTERFAC ATA_INTERFACE" and then try the tar again: "tar
>-cf /temp/test.tar ." and tar will run forever, consuming CPU time, and
>leaving /temp/test.tar at 0 bytes.  (At least tar 1.13.25 does, on my
>Win 2000 box.)

Works fine here.  Sorry.

cgf
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