From 2c3d0a2dcd36e1ebf6d8a71e4deeaa53a899802f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Paul Eggert Date: Fri, 20 Aug 1999 08:41:32 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] (to_chars): Generate GNU base-64 representation if we are generating an old or new GNU format tar file for a number that can't be represented with the POSIX format. --- src/create.c | 21 +++++++++++++++++---- 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/src/create.c b/src/create.c index 5bc51ae..42c82ff 100644 --- a/src/create.c +++ b/src/create.c @@ -114,25 +114,38 @@ to_chars (int negative, uintmax_t value, size_t valsize, { uintmax_t v = negative ? -value : value; + /* Generate the POSIX octal representation if the number fits. */ if (! negative && v <= MAX_VAL_WITH_DIGITS (size - 1, LG_8)) { where[size - 1] = '\0'; to_base (v, LG_8, base_8_digits, where, size - 1); } + + /* Otherwise, generate the GNU base-64 representation if we are + generating an old or new GNU format and if the number fits. */ else if (v <= MAX_VAL_WITH_DIGITS (size - 1, LG_64) - && archive_format == GNU_FORMAT) + && (archive_format == GNU_FORMAT + || archive_format == OLDGNU_FORMAT)) { where[0] = negative ? '-' : '+'; to_base (v, LG_64, base_64_digits, where + 1, size - 1); } - else if (negative - && archive_format != GNU_FORMAT - && valsize * CHAR_BIT <= (size - 1) * LG_8) + + /* Otherwise, if the number is negative, and if it would not cause + ambiguity on this host by confusing positive with negative + values, then generate the POSIX octal representation of the value + modulo 2**(field bits). The resulting tar file is + machine-dependent, since it depends on the host word size. Yuck! + But this is the traditional behavior. */ + else if (negative && valsize * CHAR_BIT <= (size - 1) * LG_8) { where[size - 1] = '\0'; to_base (value & MAX_VAL_WITH_DIGITS (valsize * CHAR_BIT, 1), LG_8, base_8_digits, where, size - 1); } + + /* Otherwise, output a substitute value if possible (with a + warning), and an error message if not. */ else { uintmax_t maxval = (archive_format == GNU_FORMAT -- 2.44.0