* tar-mode.el (tar-header-data-end): Only ignore size for files of

type 1-6.
(tar-header-block-summarize, tar-get-descriptor): Handle pax
extended headers.

diff --git a/lisp/ChangeLog b/lisp/ChangeLog
index 03ba16d91d96ac38135195a5d1252770a1047f31..46c534d245414a8609986388fead1642317feff1 100644 (file)
--- a/lisp/ChangeLog
+++ b/lisp/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 2012-08-13  Andreas Schwab  <schwab@linux-m68k.org>
 
+       * tar-mode.el (tar-header-data-end): Only ignore size for files of
+       type 1-6.
+       (tar-header-block-summarize, tar-get-descriptor): Handle pax
+       extended headers.
+
        * files.el (hack-local-variables-filter): Remove useless eval.
 
 2012-08-13  Martin Rudalics  <rudalics@gmx.at>

diff --git a/lisp/tar-mode.el b/lisp/tar-mode.el
index 0e818e0be14a181e492a582d35b876fc124295c3..9cd69d84250e073e878d744c98508ec82d0311d1 100644 (file)
--- a/lisp/tar-mode.el
+++ b/lisp/tar-mode.el
@@ -325,13 +325,10 @@ write-date, checksum, link-type, and link-name."
 (defun tar-header-data-end (descriptor)
   (let* ((data-start (tar-header-data-start descriptor))
          (link-type (tar-header-link-type descriptor))
-         (size (tar-header-size descriptor))
-         (fudge (cond
-                 ;; Foo.  There's an extra empty block after these.
-                 ((memq link-type '(20 55)) 512)
-                 (t 0))))
-    (+ data-start fudge
-       (if (and (null link-type) (> size 0))
+         (size (tar-header-size descriptor)))
+    (+ data-start
+       ;; Ignore size for files of type 1-6
+       (if (and (not (memq link-type '(1 2 3 4 5 6))) (> size 0))
            (tar-roundup-512 size)
          0))))
 
@@ -445,7 +442,8 @@ MODE should be an integer which is a file mode value."
                  ((eq type 29) ?M)     ; multivolume continuation
                  ((eq type 35) ?S)     ; sparse
                  ((eq type 38) ?V)     ; volume header
-                 ((eq type 55) ?H)     ; extended pax header
+                 ((eq type 55) ?H)     ; pax global extended header
+                 ((eq type 72) ?X)     ; pax extended header
                  (t ?\s)
                  )
            (tar-grind-file-mode mode)
@@ -751,7 +749,8 @@ tar-file's buffer."
                     ((eq link-p 29) "a multivolume-continuation")
                     ((eq link-p 35) "a sparse entry")
                     ((eq link-p 38) "a volume header")
-                    ((eq link-p 55) "an extended pax header")
+                    ((eq link-p 55) "a pax global extended header")
+                    ((eq link-p 72) "a pax extended header")
                     (t "a link"))))
     (if (zerop size) (message "This is a zero-length file"))
     descriptor))