[openssl-users] Error in untarring FIPS 2.0.9 file

[Matt Caswell]

On 13/01/15 00:51, jonetsu at teksavvy.com wrote:
> Hello,
> 
>   There is an untarring error with file.  Here are the details.  
> 
> File size:
> 
> 1425056 Jan  4 18:50 openssl-fips-2.0.9.tar.gz
> 
> md5sum test OK with:
> 
> c8256051d7a76471c6ad4fb771404e60
> 
> The error:
> 
> % tar xvfz openssl-fips-2.0.9.tar.gz
> 
> [...]
> openssl-fips-2.0.9/util/ssleay.num
> openssl-fips-2.0.9/util/tab_num.pl
> openssl-fips-2.0.9/util/x86asm.sh
> tar: A lone zero block at 14880
> 
> Is there something wrong with the archive ?

No.

"Recent versions of GNU tar expect a pair of zero blocks at the end of
the file by default. If GNU tar encounters a lone zero block, even at
the end, this is interpreted by GNU tar as a bad archive."
(from http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21270445)

if you use:

tar ixvfz openssl-fips-2.0.9.tar.gz

the problem goes away.

Matt