summaryrefslogtreecommitdiff
path: root/tests/comperr.at
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
Diffstat (limited to 'tests/comperr.at')
-rw-r--r--tests/comperr.at39
1 files changed, 39 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/tests/comperr.at b/tests/comperr.at
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..65576e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/comperr.at
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+# Process this file with autom4te to create testsuite. -*- Autotest -*-
+# Test suite for GNU tar.
+# Copyright 2015-2016 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+#
+# GNU tar is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# GNU tar is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+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 <tange@gnu.org>
+# 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
+