Built-in viewer does not work with text files in .ipk archives.

[dvlom]

Step to reproduce:

1. Press "Enter" on the .ipk file (OpenWRT package)
2. Select any text file in list
3. Press "F3" to view

You still have a window with the warning: "tar: This does not look like a tar archive" and "tar: Exiting with failure status due to previous error".

But built-in viewer displays a text file with no errors:
1) if rename foo.ipk file to foo.tar.gz
or
2) if on phase 3. press "Shift-F3" (instead "F3")

[angel_il]

test ipk package

[angel_il]

i can't reproduce this.

[dvlom]

Hi.

Press "F3" on the file "debian-binary" produce an error.

Test system:
Live GNOME openSUSE 12.2, mc-4.8.1.3-4.1.2.rpm from openSUSE Current OSS repositry (out of the box).

[andrew_b]

Replying to dvlom:

mc-4.8.1.3

Try latest release and feel free to reopen ticket if bug is still actual.

[dvlom]

Replying to andrew_b:

Try latest release and feel free to reopen ticket if bug is still actual.

Of course. On my working system openSUSE 12.2 (not live) - mc-4.8.6. Вehavior is similar to test system (Live GNOME openSUSE 12.2, mc-4.8.1.3).

Ubuntu 12.10 Live, mc-4.8.3 - another system in which the error is reproducible.

[angel_il]

Replying to dvlom:

Replying to andrew_b:

Try latest release and feel free to reopen ticket if bug is still actual.

Of course. On my working system openSUSE 12.2 (not live) - mc-4.8.6. Вehavior is similar to test system (Live GNOME openSUSE 12.2, mc-4.8.1.3).

Ubuntu 12.10 Live, mc-4.8.3 - another system in which the error is reproducible.

please attach test ipk file ~10-100kb

[dvlom]

another test ipk file

[angel_il]

mc 4.8.6
i can't reproduce on luci-theme-base_0.11+svn9415-1_ar71xx.ipk

[andrew_b]

dvlom, compare your /etc/mc/mc.ext and ~/.config/mc/mc.ext in ipk-related part.

[dvlom]

Replying to andrew_b:

dvlom, compare your /etc/mc/mc.ext and ~/.config/mc/mc.ext in ipk-related part.

File ~/.config/mc/mc.ext not exists.

[dvlom]

test.tar.gz renamed to test.ipk

[dvlom]

Please test attached test.ipk. Enter into test.ipk file, then try to open any file with built-in viewer (press "F3"). I hope, that this time you will see an error ;)

I believe the program is trying to view all the files inside the .ipk-archive as .tar.gz-archives, and therefore there is a specified error ("tar: This does not look like a tar archive" and "tar: Exiting with failure status due to previous error").

[angel_il]

no problem with test.ipk
in in panel "test.ipk/​utar://test"

are you tried latest version?

[dvlom]

Replying to angel_il:

no problem with test.ipk
in in panel "test.ipk/​utar://test"

are you tried latest version?

Hi.
Yes, in panel "test.ipk/​utar://test". mc version is 4.8.6 (and 4.8.1.3 on live openSUSE 12.2, and 4.8.3 on Ubintu 12.10 in VBox).
Are any options in the .spec file may solve the problem?
Or, is it may be the case in the operating system version?

[angel_il]

$ LANG=C tar --version
tar (GNU tar) 1.26
Copyright (C) 2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

please, show your tar version.

[dvlom]

please, show your tar version.

The same version, 1.26

[andrew_b]

Replying to angel_il:

$ LANG=C tar --version

mc doesn't use external tar.

[angel_il]

Replying to andrew_b:

Replying to angel_il:

$ LANG=C tar --version

mc doesn't use external tar.

you right, but "tar: This does not look like a tar archive" and "tar: Exiting with failure status due to previous error" this 'tar' utility messages, not mc...

[dvlom]

Hi!
I have just compiled a version based on nightly archive mc_4.8.6~git20121110.orig.tar.gz.
No errors, everything works :)

$ LANG=C mc -V
GNU Midnight Commander 4.8.6-94-g3bde17c
Built with GLib 2.32.4
Using the S-Lang library with terminfo database
With builtin Editor
With subshell support as default
With support for background operations
With mouse support on xterm and Linux console
With support for X11 events
With internationalization support
With multiple codepages support
Virtual File Systems: cpiofs, tarfs, sfs, extfs, ftpfs, fish, smbfs
Data types: char: 8; int: 32; long: 32; void *: 32; size_t: 32; off_t: 64;

Guys, I'm sorry for your time. Thank you.

[angel_il]

Replying to dvlom:

No errors, everything works :)

ok