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-rw-r--r--src/import/import-common.c38
1 files changed, 34 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/src/import/import-common.c b/src/import/import-common.c
index 2f27dda76b..ca96f073b1 100644
--- a/src/import/import-common.c
+++ b/src/import/import-common.c
@@ -79,6 +79,17 @@ int import_fork_tar_x(const char *path, pid_t *ret) {
if (r < 0)
return r;
if (r == 0) {
+ const char *cmdline[] = {
+ "tar",
+ "--numeric-owner",
+ "-C", path,
+ "-px",
+ "--xattrs",
+ "--xattrs-include=*",
+ use_selinux ? "--selinux" : "--no-selinux",
+ NULL
+ };
+
uint64_t retain =
(1ULL << CAP_CHOWN) |
(1ULL << CAP_FOWNER) |
@@ -104,8 +115,15 @@ int import_fork_tar_x(const char *path, pid_t *ret) {
if (r < 0)
log_error_errno(r, "Failed to drop capabilities, ignoring: %m");
- execlp("tar", "tar", "--numeric-owner", "-C", path, "-px", "--xattrs", "--xattrs-include=*",
- use_selinux ? "--selinux" : "--no-selinux", NULL);
+ /* Try "gtar" before "tar". We only test things upstream with GNU tar. Some distros appear to
+ * install a different implementation as "tar" (in particular some that do not support the
+ * same command line switches), but then provide "gtar" as alias for the real thing, hence
+ * let's prefer that. (Yes, it's a bad idea they do that, given they don't provide equivalent
+ * command line support, but we are not here to argue, let's just expose the same
+ * behaviour/implementation everywhere.) */
+ execvp("gtar", (char* const*) cmdline);
+ execvp("tar", (char* const*) cmdline);
+
log_error_errno(errno, "Failed to execute tar: %m");
_exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
}
@@ -133,6 +151,17 @@ int import_fork_tar_c(const char *path, pid_t *ret) {
if (r < 0)
return r;
if (r == 0) {
+ const char *cmdline[] = {
+ "tar",
+ "-C", path,
+ "-c",
+ "--xattrs",
+ "--xattrs-include=*",
+ use_selinux ? "--selinux" : "--no-selinux",
+ ".",
+ NULL
+ };
+
uint64_t retain = (1ULL << CAP_DAC_OVERRIDE);
/* Child */
@@ -152,8 +181,9 @@ int import_fork_tar_c(const char *path, pid_t *ret) {
if (r < 0)
log_error_errno(r, "Failed to drop capabilities, ignoring: %m");
- execlp("tar", "tar", "-C", path, "-c", "--xattrs", "--xattrs-include=*",
- use_selinux ? "--selinux" : "--no-selinux", ".", NULL);
+ execvp("gtar", (char* const*) cmdline);
+ execvp("tar", (char* const*) cmdline);
+
log_error_errno(errno, "Failed to execute tar: %m");
_exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
}