Bug#748244: tarfile broken after "tar --delete"

[Joachim Breitner]

Package: tar
Version: 1.27.1-2
Severity: normal

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Hi,

while working on mk-origtargz, Andreas Tille discovered what seems to be
a bug in tar:

$ uncompress src.tar.Z
$ md5sum src.tar
0479635930f6816549878a3139b49a72  src.tar
$ tar tf src.tar
Blas_f77.class
Blas_f77.java
Console.class
Console.java
Fmin.class
Fmin.java
FminTest.class
FminTest.java
Fmin_methods.class
Fmin_methods.java
Fzero.class
Fzero.java
FzeroTest.class
FzeroTest.java
Fzero_methods.class
Fzero_methods.java
LmderTest_f77.class
LmderTest_f77.java
Lmder_fcn.class
Lmder_fcn.java
LmdifTest_f77.class
LmdifTest_f77.java
Lmdif_fcn.class
Lmdif_fcn.java
Minpack_f77.class
Minpack_f77.java
README
UncminTest_f77.class
UncminTest_f77.java
Uncmin_f77.class
Uncmin_f77.java
Uncmin_methods.class
Uncmin_methods.java
copyright
disclaimer
$ tar --delete --file src.tar copyright
$ tar tf src.tar
Blas_f77.class
Blas_f77.java
Console.class
Console.java
Fmin.class
Fmin.java
FminTest.class
FminTest.java
Fmin_methods.class
Fmin_methods.java
Fzero.class
Fzero.java
FzeroTest.class
FzeroTest.java
Fzero_methods.class
Fzero_methods.java
LmderTest_f77.class
LmderTest_f77.java
Lmder_fcn.class
Lmder_fcn.java
LmdifTest_f77.class
LmdifTest_f77.java
Lmdif_fcn.class
Lmdif_fcn.java
Minpack_f77.class
Minpack_f77.java
README
UncminTest_f77.class
UncminTest_f77.java
Uncmin_f77.class
Uncmin_f77.java
tar: Springe zum nächsten Kopfteil.
tar: Beende mit Fehlerstatus aufgrund vorheriger Fehler

Greetings,
Joachim

- -- System Information:
Debian Release: jessie/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (101, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386

Kernel: Linux 3.14-1-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages tar depends on:
ii  libacl1      2.2.52-1
ii  libc6        2.18-6
ii  libselinux1  2.3-1

tar recommends no packages.

Versions of packages tar suggests:
ii  bzip2        1.0.6-5
pn  ncompress    <none>
pn  tar-scripts  <none>
ii  xz-utils     5.1.1alpha+20120614-2

- -- no debconf information

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