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Trieforce

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Registered: 2010-12-11

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Ark: Ignoring malformed pax extended attribute

I have made a system back up

sudo env XZ_OPT="-T 0" tar --xattrs -cJpf backup.tar.xz /.snapshots/5/snapshot/ # removed -T 0 after tar parameters

and wanted to view the result in ark, but this error constantly appears:

Loading the archive /home/user/backup.tar.xz failed with the following error:

<html>The archive reading failed with the following error: <i>Ignoring malformed pax extended attribute</i></html>

while `tar -tJ -f arch-backup.tar.xz` works without problems.

I have no idea where to look...

Last edited by Trieforce (2016-01-31 00:26:29)

x33a

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Re: Ark: Ignoring malformed pax extended attribute

While creating the archive, use the -v switch to show verbose output. Look for any errors or warning messages in that output.

Also, you don't need the XZ_OPT variable since you are also using the -T switch.

Trieforce

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Registered: 2010-12-11

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Re: Ark: Ignoring malformed pax extended attribute

While creating the archive, use the -v switch to show verbose output. Look for any errors or warning messages in that output.

Also, you don't need the XZ_OPT variable since you are also using the -T switch.

tar: Removing leading `/' from member names
tar: /mnt/btrfs/archlinux/snapshots/5/snapshot/etc/pacman.d/S.gpg-agent: socket ignored
tar: Removing leading `/' from hard link targets
tar_err.log (END)

This are the only errors(error stream) that I got with -v.

-T switch does work differently in tar, so I had to remove it. It got into my post by error and was edited out. Sorry for confusion.

Trieforce

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Registered: 2010-12-11

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Re: Ark: Ignoring malformed pax extended attribute

Doing the same but only for etc folder works just fine. I will try to find if some particular files make this error to happen.

Strangely enough it is also impossible to unpack this archive with ark.