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tar/tar-1.26-add-skip-old-files-option.patch
Pavel Raiskup beec2fa8ad Restore standard behavior of --keep-old-files 
- and add --skip-old-files option

  Resolves: #799252
2012-10-18 13:08:54 +02:00

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diff --git a/doc/tar.texi b/doc/tar.texi
index 567745b..38c8bae 100644
--- a/doc/tar.texi
+++ b/doc/tar.texi
@@ -1994,6 +1994,7 @@ The other operations of @command{tar} (@option{--list},
@option{--extract}, @option{--compare}, and @option{--update})
will act on the entire contents of the archive.
+@anchor{exit status}
@cindex exit status
@cindex return status
Besides successful exits, @GNUTAR{} may fail for
@@ -2932,7 +2933,10 @@ when extracting files from an archive.
@item --keep-old-files
@itemx -k
-Do not overwrite existing files when extracting files from an archive.
+Do not overwrite existing files when extracting files from an
+archive. Return error if such files exist. See also
+@ref{--skip-old-files}.
+
@xref{Keep Old Files}.
@opsummary{label}
@@ -3404,6 +3408,20 @@ the archive creation operations it instructs @command{tar} to list the
member names stored in the archive, as opposed to the actual file
names. @xref{listing member and file names}.
+@opsummary{skip-old-files}
+@item --skip-old-files
+
+Do not overwrite existing files when extracting files from an
+archive. @xref{Keep Old Files}.
+
+This option differs from @option{--keep-old-files} in that it does not
+treat such files as an error, instead it just silently avoids
+overwriting them.
+
+The @option{--warning=existing-file} option can be used together with
+this option to produce warning messages about existing old files
+(@pxref{warnings}).
+
@opsummary{sparse}
@item --sparse
@itemx -S
@@ -4589,11 +4607,11 @@ in the archive; the most recently archived members will be extracted
last. Additionally, an extracted member will @emph{replace} a file of
the same name which existed in the directory already, and @command{tar}
will not prompt you about this@footnote{Unless you give it
-@option{--keep-old-files} option, or the disk copy is newer than
-the one in the archive and you invoke @command{tar} with
-@option{--keep-newer-files} option.}. Thus, only the most recently archived
-member will end up being extracted, as it will replace the one
-extracted before it, and so on.
+@option{--keep-old-files} (or @option{--skip-old-files}) option, or
+the disk copy is newer than the one in the archive and you invoke
+@command{tar} with @option{--keep-newer-files} option.}. Thus, only
+the most recently archived member will end up being extracted, as it
+will replace the one extracted before it, and so on.
@cindex extracting @var{n}th copy of the file
@xopindex{occurrence, described}
@@ -5269,10 +5287,25 @@ such a directory, use the @option{--no-overwrite-dir} option.
@cindex Overwriting old files, prevention
@xopindex{keep-old-files, introduced}
To be even more cautious and prevent existing files from being replaced, use
-the @option{--keep-old-files} (@option{-k}) option. It causes @command{tar} to refuse
-to replace or update a file that already exists, i.e., a file with the
-same name as an archive member prevents extraction of that archive
-member. Instead, it reports an error.
+the @option{--keep-old-files} (@option{-k}) option. It causes
+@command{tar} to refuse to replace or update a file that already
+exists, i.e., a file with the same name as an archive member prevents
+extraction of that archive member. Instead, it reports an error. For
+example:
+
+@example
+$ @kbd{ls}
+blues
+$ @kbd{tar -x -k -f archive.tar}
+tar: blues: Cannot open: File exists
+tar: Exiting with failure status due to previous errors
+@end example
+
+@xopindex{skip-old-files, introduced}
+If you wish to preserve old files untouched, but don't want
+@command{tar} to treat them as errors, use the
+@option{--skip-old-files} option. This option causes @command{tar} to
+silently skip extracting over existing files.
@xopindex{overwrite, introduced}
To be more aggressive about altering existing files, use the
@@ -5338,16 +5371,24 @@ archive, but remove other files before extracting.
@node Keep Old Files
@unnumberedsubsubsec Keep Old Files
+@GNUTAR{} provides two options to control its actions in a situation
+when it is about to extract a file which already exists on disk.
+
@table @option
@opindex keep-old-files
@item --keep-old-files
@itemx -k
-Do not replace existing files from archive. The
-@option{--keep-old-files} (@option{-k}) option prevents @command{tar}
-from replacing existing files with files with the same name from the
-archive. The @option{--keep-old-files} option is meaningless with
-@option{--list} (@option{-t}). Prevents @command{tar} from replacing
-files in the file system during extraction.
+Do not replace existing files from archive. When such a file is
+encountered, @command{tar} issues an error message. Upon end of
+extraction, @command{tar} exits with code 2 (@pxref{exit status}).
+
+@item --skip-old-files
+Do not replace existing files from archive, but do not treat that
+as error. Such files are silently skipped and do not affect
+@command{tar} exit status.
+
+Additional verbosity can be obtained using @option{--warning=existing-file}
+together with that option (@pxref{warnings}).
@end table
@node Keep Newer Files
diff --git a/src/common.h b/src/common.h
index 4cf1459..b34aef0 100644
--- a/src/common.h
+++ b/src/common.h
@@ -187,6 +187,7 @@ enum old_files
OVERWRITE_OLD_FILES, /* --overwrite */
UNLINK_FIRST_OLD_FILES, /* --unlink-first */
KEEP_OLD_FILES, /* --keep-old-files */
+ SKIP_OLD_FILES, /* --skip-old-files */
KEEP_NEWER_FILES /* --keep-newer-files */
};
GLOBAL enum old_files old_files_option;
@@ -830,13 +831,15 @@ void checkpoint_run (bool do_write);
#define WARN_UNKNOWN_KEYWORD 0x00020000
#define WARN_XDEV 0x00040000
#define WARN_DECOMPRESS_PROGRAM 0x00080000
+#define WARN_EXISTING_FILE 0x00100000
+
#define WARN_XATTR_WRITE 0x00200000
/* The warnings composing WARN_VERBOSE_WARNINGS are enabled by default
in verbose mode */
#define WARN_VERBOSE_WARNINGS (WARN_RENAME_DIRECTORY|WARN_NEW_DIRECTORY|\
- WARN_DECOMPRESS_PROGRAM)
+ WARN_DECOMPRESS_PROGRAM|WARN_EXISTING_FILE)
#define WARN_ALL (~WARN_VERBOSE_WARNINGS)
void set_warning_option (const char *arg);
diff --git a/src/extract.c b/src/extract.c
index 8a7a6ad..87b383a 100644
--- a/src/extract.c
+++ b/src/extract.c
@@ -696,9 +696,14 @@ maybe_recoverable (char *file_name, bool regular, bool *interdir_made)
switch (old_files_option)
{
- case KEEP_OLD_FILES:
+ case SKIP_OLD_FILES:
+ WARNOPT (WARN_EXISTING_FILE,
+ (0, 0, _("%s: skipping existing file"), file_name));
return RECOVER_SKIP;
+ case KEEP_OLD_FILES:
+ return RECOVER_NO;
+
case KEEP_NEWER_FILES:
if (file_newer_p (file_name, stp, &current_stat_info))
break;
diff --git a/src/tar.c b/src/tar.c
index 0ed1717..e244808 100644
--- a/src/tar.c
+++ b/src/tar.c
@@ -334,6 +334,7 @@ enum
SHOW_DEFAULTS_OPTION,
SHOW_OMITTED_DIRS_OPTION,
SHOW_TRANSFORMED_NAMES_OPTION,
+ SKIP_OLD_FILES_OPTION,
SPARSE_VERSION_OPTION,
STRIP_COMPONENTS_OPTION,
SUFFIX_OPTION,
@@ -461,7 +462,11 @@ static struct argp_option options[] = {
{"remove-files", REMOVE_FILES_OPTION, 0, 0,
N_("remove files after adding them to the archive"), GRID+1 },
{"keep-old-files", 'k', 0, 0,
- N_("don't replace existing files when extracting"), GRID+1 },
+ N_("don't replace existing files when extracting, "
+ "treat them as errors"), GRID+1 },
+ {"skip-old-files", SKIP_OLD_FILES_OPTION, 0, 0,
+ N_("don't replace existing files when extracting, silently skip over them"),
+ GRID+1 },
{"keep-newer-files", KEEP_NEWER_FILES_OPTION, 0, 0,
N_("don't replace existing files that are newer than their archive copies"), GRID+1 },
{"overwrite", OVERWRITE_OPTION, 0, 0,
@@ -1649,6 +1654,10 @@ parse_opt (int key, char *arg, struct argp_state *state)
sparse_option = true;
break;
+ case SKIP_OLD_FILES_OPTION:
+ old_files_option = SKIP_OLD_FILES;
+ break;
+
case SPARSE_VERSION_OPTION:
sparse_option = true;
{
diff --git a/src/warning.c b/src/warning.c
index b0b9884..f00a842 100644
--- a/src/warning.c
+++ b/src/warning.c
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ static char const *const warning_args[] = {
"unknown-keyword",
"xdev",
"decompress-program",
+ "existing-file",
"xattr-write",
NULL
};
@@ -68,6 +69,7 @@ static int warning_types[] = {
WARN_UNKNOWN_KEYWORD,
WARN_XDEV,
WARN_DECOMPRESS_PROGRAM,
+ WARN_EXISTING_FILE,
WARN_XATTR_WRITE
};
diff --git a/tests/Makefile.am b/tests/Makefile.am
index b3c24dc..cbdda29 100644
--- a/tests/Makefile.am
+++ b/tests/Makefile.am
@@ -77,6 +77,8 @@ TESTSUITE_AT = \
extrac07.at\
extrac08.at\
extrac09.at\
+ extrac18.at\
+ extrac19.at\
extrac10.at\
extrac11.at\
extrac12.at\
diff --git a/tests/extrac18.at b/tests/extrac18.at
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8b42ef7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/extrac18.at
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+# Process this file with autom4te to create testsuite. -*- Autotest -*-
+#
+# Test suite for GNU tar.
+# Copyright (C) 2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 3, or (at your option)
+# any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+# Description: Check the functionality of the --keep-old-files option.
+# It should report an error and cause tar to exit with status 2.
+#
+# There was a regression in versions 1.23 to 1.26 inclusive, where
+# this option silently skipped such files.
+# Reported by: Doug McLaren <dougmc@frenzied.us>,
+# Gary Partis <gary@partis.co.uk>,
+# Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
+#
+# References: <20111117045433.GA8245@algol.frenzied.us>,
+# <4F3D824717847C4487F77228F83329A3514CBB@server.Partis.local>,
+# <87wrar6zzz.fsf@rho.meyering.net>
+
+AT_SETUP([keep-old-files])
+AT_KEYWORDS([extract extrac18 old-files keep-old-files])
+
+AT_TAR_CHECK([
+mkdir dir
+cd dir
+echo 'Old file a' > a
+echo 'Old file b' > b
+
+tar cf ../archive .
+
+rm b
+echo 'File a' > a
+
+tar -x -k -f ../archive
+echo status=$?
+
+cat a
+],
+[0],
+[status=2
+File a
+],
+[tar: ./a: Cannot open: File exists
+tar: Exiting with failure status due to previous errors
+])
+
+AT_CLEANUP
+
diff --git a/tests/extrac19.at b/tests/extrac19.at
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..43c4c50
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/extrac19.at
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+# Process this file with autom4te to create testsuite. -*- Autotest -*-
+#
+# Test suite for GNU tar.
+# Copyright (C) 2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 3, or (at your option)
+# any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+AT_SETUP([skip-old-files])
+AT_KEYWORDS([extract extrac19 old-files skip-old-files])
+
+AT_TAR_CHECK([
+mkdir dir
+cd dir
+echo 'Old file a' > a
+echo 'Old file b' > b
+
+tar cf ../archive .
+
+rm b
+echo 'File a' > a
+
+tar -x --skip-old-files -f ../archive
+echo status=$?
+
+cat a
+],
+[0],
+[status=0
+File a
+])
+
+AT_CLEANUP
+
diff --git a/tests/testsuite.at b/tests/testsuite.at
index 3f02a52..4d59532 100644
--- a/tests/testsuite.at
+++ b/tests/testsuite.at
@@ -231,6 +231,9 @@ m4_include([extrac15.at])
m4_include([extrac16.at])
m4_include([extrac17.at])
+m4_include([extrac18.at])
+m4_include([extrac19.at])
+
m4_include([label01.at])
m4_include([label02.at])
m4_include([label03.at])
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