Resolve a minor nit in SUS compliance by including the PID in the
fake directory name used for pax extended headers.
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@ -1060,23 +1060,26 @@ build_ustar_entry_name(char *dest, const char *src, size_t src_length,
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/*
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* The ustar header for the pax extended attributes must have a
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* reasonable name: SUSv3 suggests 'dirname'/PaxHeader/'filename'
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* reasonable name: SUSv3 requires 'dirname'/PaxHeader.'pid'/'filename'
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* where 'pid' is the PID of the archiving process.
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*
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* Joerg Schiling has argued that this is unnecessary because, in practice,
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* if the pax extended attributes get extracted as regular files, noone is
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* going to bother reading those attributes to manually restore them.
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* Based on this, 'star' uses /tmp/PaxHeader/'basename' as the ustar header
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* name. This is a tempting argument, but I'm not entirely convinced.
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* I'm also uncomfortable with the fact that "/tmp" is a Unix-ism.
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* Joerg Schilling has argued that this is unnecessary because, in
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* practice, if the pax extended attributes get extracted as regular
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* files, noone is going to bother reading those attributes to
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* manually restore them. Based on this, 'star' uses
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* /tmp/PaxHeader/'basename' as the ustar header name. This is a
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* tempting argument, in part because it's simpler than the SUSv3
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* recommendation, but I'm not entirely convinced. I'm also
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* uncomfortable with the fact that "/tmp" is a Unix-ism.
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*
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* The following routine implements the SUSv3 recommendation, and is
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* much simpler because build_ustar_entry_name() above already does
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* most of the work (we just need to give it an extra path element to
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* insert and handle a few pathological cases).
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* The following routine leverages build_ustar_entry_name() above and
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* so is simpler than you might think. It just needs to provide the
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* additional path element and handle a few pathological cases).
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*/
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static char *
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build_pax_attribute_name(char *dest, const char *src)
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{
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char buff[64];
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const char *p;
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/* Handle the null filename case. */
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@ -1115,8 +1118,19 @@ build_pax_attribute_name(char *dest, const char *src)
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return (dest);
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}
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/*
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* TODO: Push this string into the 'pax' structure to avoid
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* recomputing it every time. That will also open the door
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* to having clients override it.
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*/
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#if HAVE_GETPID
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sprintf(buff, "PaxHeader.%d", getpid());
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#else
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/* If the platform can't fetch the pid, don't include it. */
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strpcy(buff, "PaxHeader");
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#endif
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/* General case: build a ustar-compatible name adding "/PaxHeader/". */
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build_ustar_entry_name(dest, src, p - src, "PaxHeader");
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build_ustar_entry_name(dest, src, p - src, buff);
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return (dest);
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}
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#define HAVE_FSEEKO 1
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#define HAVE_FUTIMES 1
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#define HAVE_GETEUID 1
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#define HAVE_GETPID 1
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#define HAVE_GRP_H 1
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#define HAVE_INTTYPES_H 1
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#define HAVE_LCHFLAGS 1
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