http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=491785 Summary: Tar recognize a colon in path as URL Classification: openSUSE Product: openSUSE 11.2 Version: Alpha 0 Platform: Other OS/Version: Other Status: NEW Severity: Normal Priority: P5 - None Component: Basesystem AssignedTo: hvogel@novell.com ReportedBy: mvyskocil@novell.com QAContact: qa@suse.de Found By: Development Tar recognize a colon in path as URL and tries to execute a remote command, even it's a fully accessible file: $ tar -tf Java\:openjdk6\:Factory/java-1_6_0-openjdk/icedtea6-1.4-e34ba0ba2281.tar.bz2 tar: Cannot execute remote shell: No such file or directory tar: Java\:openjdk6\:Factory/java-1_6_0-openjdk/icedtea6-1.4-e34ba0ba2281.tar.bz2: Cannot open: Input/output error tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now Quoting didn't help: $ tar -xf 'foo:bar/file.tar.bz2' tar: Cannot execute remote shell: No such file or directory tar: foo\:bar/file.tar.bz2: Cannot open: Input/output error tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now $ tar -xf 'foo\:bar/file.tar.bz2' tar: Cannot execute remote shell: No such file or directory tar: foo\\\:bar/file.tar.bz2: Cannot open: Input/output error tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now Tar converts it to URL by itself. $ rpm -q tar tar-1.21-2.2 -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.