Stopgap for tar creating insane group ownerships due to tiny gid_t.

diff --git a/commands/simple/tar.c b/commands/simple/tar.c
index 53c68042bc11af1bc5f192d7aeec420d38e59c09..0ee04744400365c4c83e94fe62b85270f9963097 100755 (executable)
--- a/commands/simple/tar.c
+++ b/commands/simple/tar.c
@@ -551,6 +551,7 @@ char *file;
        }
        if (uid == -1) uid = (int) convert(header.member.m_uid, INT_TYPE);
        if (gid == -1) gid = (int) convert(header.member.m_gid, INT_TYPE);
+       if((gid_t)gid < 0) gid = 0;
        chown(file, uid, gid);
   }
   chmod(file, u_mask & (int) convert(header.member.m_mode, INT_TYPE));