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[3.15] gh-83869: tarfile: compute next header offset using pax size for sparse file (GH-18562) - #155866
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…r sparse file (pythonGH-18562) In case of a sparse file, the tarinfo.size attribute is set to the sparse file expanded size (pax attribute GNU.sparse.size or GNU.sparse.size) and do not correspond to the actual size of the data block. The size of the data block is specified by the size pax header if present or by the ustar size header. Moreover, for GNU sparse 1.0 files, the data block start at the beginning of the sparse mapping and not after the sparse mapping and so the offset should be computed from here. (cherry picked from commit 1a52eae) Co-authored-by: Valentin Samir <valentin.samir@crans.org> Co-authored-by: Serhiy Storchaka <storchaka@gmail.com>
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In case of a sparse file, the tarinfo.size attribute is set to the sparse
file expanded size (pax attribute GNU.sparse.size or GNU.sparse.size) and
do not correspond to the actual size of the data block. The size of the
data block is specified by the size pax header if present or by the ustar
size header.
Moreover, for GNU sparse 1.0 files, the data block start at the beginning of
the sparse mapping and not after the sparse mapping and so the offset should
be computed from here.
(cherry picked from commit 1a52eae)
Co-authored-by: Valentin Samir valentin.samir@crans.org
Co-authored-by: Serhiy Storchaka storchaka@gmail.com