tar/tests/comperr.at

# Process this file with autom4te to create testsuite. -*- Autotest -*-
# Test suite for GNU tar.
# Copyright 2015-2023 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
#
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#
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AT_SETUP([compressor program failure])
AT_KEYWORDS([compress comperr])

# Description: If the --use-compress-program fails, then it is unsafe
# to assume that the created archive is OK.  Tar should fail with a
# prominent error message.
# Reported by: Ole Tange <[email protected]>
# References: <CA+4vN7wLZ-+LK1t7WMkM_b9f3mV9JTnSuPamPn2ciX5PTN=9Xw@mail.gmail.com>,
#        http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-tar/2015-03/msg00002.html

AT_TAR_CHECK([
tar --use-compress-program false -cf a.tar . 2>err
rc=$?
sed -n '$p' err
exit $rc
],
[2],
[tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
])

AT_CLEANUP