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Originally Posted by jackie_w
Looking closer I have spotted something a bit strange. Did you physically unpack the kobopatch KoboRoot.tgz or just view the archive and drill down using something like 7-Zip or WinRar?
If I physically unpack the kobopatch KoboRoot.tgz with 7-Zip I find 4 files.
If I just view in WinRar and drill down I only see 2 listed (nickel, librmsdk.so.1.0.0)
If I try to physically unpack the kobopatch KoboRoot.tgz with WinRar it tells me the file is corrupt and only unpacks the 2 files.
If I use 7-Zip rather than WinRar to view I see all 4 files if I drill down.
Also, there appears to be an extra directory level in the kobopatch KoboRoot.tgz file. I've attached an image of old (top) vs. new (bottom) when both .tgz files are viewed in 7-Zip:
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old patcher: \KoboRoot.tgz\KoboRoot.tar\usr\local\Kobo\
kobopatch: \KoboRoot.tgz\KoboRoot.tar\.\usr\local\Kobo\
I'm out of my comfort zone now so I'm going to stop digging until geek1011 returns. |
That's a really good observation! I think it has to do with the format of the tar archive (GNU/PAX/USTAR). I'll play around with it a bit once I install Windows in a virtual machine (I usually use Linux and macOS) and see what I can come up with.
As for the extra dot, that does not make a difference in the extraction, as it means the current directory. If it bothers you, I can remove it though.
Thanks for looking into this! It probably saved me a few hours of time.
