Possible issue when supported distros update their GNU tar package to version 1.27

Possible issue when supported distros update their GNU tar package to version 1.27

[Yannis Damigos]

Hi everyone,

I work on Archlinux (64bit) and build a beagleboard image.
Build Configuration:
BB_VERSION        = "1.20.0"
BUILD_SYS         = "x86_64-linux"
NATIVELSBSTRING   = "Arch-Linux"
TARGET_SYS        = "arm-poky-linux-gnueabi"
MACHINE           = "beagleboard"
DISTRO            = "poky"
DISTRO_VERSION    = "1.5"
TUNE_FEATURES     = "armv7a vfp neon"
TARGET_FPU        = "vfp-neon"
meta              
meta-yocto        
meta-yocto-bsp    = "master:102bf5e0f640fe85068452a42b85077f1c81e0c9"

The build process stops at the task "quilt-native_0.60.bb, do_populate_sysroot"
with the following error:
    tar: --same-order option cannot be used with -c
    Try 'tar --help' or 'tar --usage' for more information.
    tar: This does not look like a tar archive
    tar: Exiting with failure status due to previous errors

Searching around I found out that the problem was found at the file
meta/classes/staging.bbclass at line 16: 
    tar -cf - -C "$src" -ps . | tar -xf - -C "$dest"

The issue comes up if user's distro is using  GNU tar version 1.27
Here is a link to the tar patch that causing the problem:
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/tar.git/commit/?id=74ce228f6df956e6b7be9fd4f993bada4b7ea645

If I downgrade the tar package to version 1.26, the build ends with success.

Here is a list with all the files that should be updated/patched
./meta/lib/oe/path.py: cmd = 'tar -cf - -C %s -ps . | tar -xf - -C %s' % (src, dst)
./meta/lib/oe/path.py: cmd = 'cd %s; find . -type d -print | tar -cf - -C %s -ps --files-from - | tar -xf - -C %s' % (src, src, dst)
./meta/classes/package.bbclass: cmd = 'tar -cf - -C %s -ps . | tar -xf - -C %s' % (dest, dvar)
./meta/classes/populate_sdk_deb.bbclass: tar -cf - -C ${STAGING_ETCDIR_NATIVE} -ps apt | tar -xf - -C ${target_rootfs}/etc
./meta/classes/libc-package.bbclass: tar -cf - -C ${LOCALETREESRC}${datadir} -ps i18n | tar -xf - -C $treedir/${datadir}
./meta/classes/libc-package.bbclass: tar -cf - -C ${LOCALETREESRC}${base_libdir} -ps . | tar -xf - -C $treedir/${base_libdir}
./meta/classes/libc-package.bbclass: tar -cf - -C ${STAGING_DIR_NATIVE}/${prefix_native}/${base_libdir} -ps libgcc_s.* | tar -xf - -C $treedir/${base_libdir}
./meta/classes/libc-package.bbclass: tar -cf - -C $treedir/$parent -ps $(basename ${localedir}) | tar -xf - -C ${PKGD}$parent
./meta/classes/staging.bbclass: tar -cf - -C "$src" -ps . | tar -xf - -C "$dest"
./bitbake/lib/bb/fetch2/__init__.py: #cmd = 'tar -cf - -C "%d" -ps . | tar -xf - -C "%s/%s/"' % (file, rootdir, destdir)

Best regards,
Yannis

Re: Possible issue when supported distros update their GNU tar package to version 1.27

[Saul Wold]

On 10/11/2013 05:09 AM, Yannis Damigos wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> I work on Archlinux (64bit) and build a beagleboard image.
> Build Configuration:
> BB_VERSION        = "1.20.0"
> BUILD_SYS         = "x86_64-linux"
> NATIVELSBSTRING   = "Arch-Linux"
> TARGET_SYS        = "arm-poky-linux-gnueabi"
> MACHINE           = "beagleboard"
> DISTRO            = "poky"
> DISTRO_VERSION    = "1.5"
> TUNE_FEATURES     = "armv7a vfp neon"
> TARGET_FPU        = "vfp-neon"
> meta
> meta-yocto
> meta-yocto-bsp    = "master:102bf5e0f640fe85068452a42b85077f1c81e0c9"
>
> The build process stops at the task "quilt-native_0.60.bb, do_populate_sysroot"
> with the following error:
>      tar: --same-order option cannot be used with -c
>      Try 'tar --help' or 'tar --usage' for more information.
>      tar: This does not look like a tar archive
>      tar: Exiting with failure status due to previous errors
>
> Searching around I found out that the problem was found at the file
> meta/classes/staging.bbclass at line 16:
>      tar -cf - -C "$src" -ps . | tar -xf - -C "$dest"
>
> The issue comes up if user's distro is using  GNU tar version 1.27
> Here is a link to the tar patch that causing the problem:
> http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/tar.git/commit/?id=74ce228f6df956e6b7be9fd4f993bada4b7ea645
>
> If I downgrade the tar package to version 1.26, the build ends with success.
>

It's just a little too late to get this fixed for 1.5, we are in the 
middle of the final full pass test.  But you can also use the Buildtools 
SDK Tarball.

This was created for systems that don't have the correct versions of 
Python, Git, Tar and Make.  It can be downloaded from the following link:

https://www.yoctoproject.org/download/buildtools-sdk

Sau!

> Here is a list with all the files that should be updated/patched
> ./meta/lib/oe/path.py: cmd = 'tar -cf - -C %s -ps . | tar -xf - -C %s' % (src, dst)
> ./meta/lib/oe/path.py: cmd = 'cd %s; find . -type d -print | tar -cf - -C %s -ps --files-from - | tar -xf - -C %s' % (src, src, dst)
> ./meta/classes/package.bbclass: cmd = 'tar -cf - -C %s -ps . | tar -xf - -C %s' % (dest, dvar)
> ./meta/classes/populate_sdk_deb.bbclass: tar -cf - -C ${STAGING_ETCDIR_NATIVE} -ps apt | tar -xf - -C ${target_rootfs}/etc
> ./meta/classes/libc-package.bbclass: tar -cf - -C ${LOCALETREESRC}${datadir} -ps i18n | tar -xf - -C $treedir/${datadir}
> ./meta/classes/libc-package.bbclass: tar -cf - -C ${LOCALETREESRC}${base_libdir} -ps . | tar -xf - -C $treedir/${base_libdir}
> ./meta/classes/libc-package.bbclass: tar -cf - -C ${STAGING_DIR_NATIVE}/${prefix_native}/${base_libdir} -ps libgcc_s.* | tar -xf - -C $treedir/${base_libdir}
> ./meta/classes/libc-package.bbclass: tar -cf - -C $treedir/$parent -ps $(basename ${localedir}) | tar -xf - -C ${PKGD}$parent
> ./meta/classes/staging.bbclass: tar -cf - -C "$src" -ps . | tar -xf - -C "$dest"
> ./bitbake/lib/bb/fetch2/__init__.py: #cmd = 'tar -cf - -C "%d" -ps . | tar -xf - -C "%s/%s/"' % (file, rootdir, destdir)
>
> Best regards,
> Yannis
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