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-rw-r--r--archival/libarchive/get_header_tar.c16
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/archival/libarchive/get_header_tar.c b/archival/libarchive/get_header_tar.c
index f73cd33..79caff5 100644
--- a/archival/libarchive/get_header_tar.c
+++ b/archival/libarchive/get_header_tar.c
@@ -348,10 +348,20 @@ char FAST_FUNC get_header_tar(archive_handle_t *archive_handle)
/* Set bits 12-15 of the files mode */
/* (typeflag was not trashed because chksum does not use getOctal) */
switch (tar.typeflag) {
- /* busybox identifies hard links as being regular files with 0 size and a link name */
- case '1':
+ case '1': /* hardlink */
+ /* we mark hardlinks as regular files with zero size and a link name */
file_header->mode |= S_IFREG;
- break;
+ /* on size of link fields from star(4)
+ * ... For tar archives written by pre POSIX.1-1988
+ * implementations, the size field usually contains the size of
+ * the file and needs to be ignored as no data may follow this
+ * header type. For POSIX.1- 1988 compliant archives, the size
+ * field needs to be 0. For POSIX.1-2001 compliant archives,
+ * the size field may be non zero, indicating that file data is
+ * included in the archive.
+ * i.e; always assume this is zero for safety.
+ */
+ goto size0;
case '7':
/* case 0: */
case '0':