Re: syspatch says 6.5 patch #011 (libexpat) is malformed

On Sun, Sep 22, 2019 at 12:42:25PM -0700, Jonathan Thornburg wrote:
> I'm trying to use syspatch to update a firewall (a PC Engines Alix)
> running 6.5-stable/i386, but syspatch dies with an error message saying
> that the patch file contains inappropriate filenames:
>
> # uname -a
> OpenBSD sodium.bkis-orchard.net 6.5 GENERIC#3 i386
> # cat /etc/installurl
> https://cdn.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD
> # ls -gFlk /bsd*
> -rwx------ 2 root wheel 13518991 Sep 10 18:23 /bsd*
> -rwx------ 2 root wheel 13518991 Sep 10 18:23 /bsd.booted*
> -rw------- 1 root wheel 8843776 May 12 16:43 /bsd.rd
> # syspatch -l
> 001_rip6cksum
> 002_srtp
> 004_bgpd
> 005_libssl
> 006_tcpsack
> 007_smtpd
> 010_frag6ecn
> # syspatch -c
> 011_expat
> # syspatch
> Get/Verify syspatch65-011_expat.tgz 100% |**************| 546 KB 00:00
> Installing patch 011_expat


> tar: Pattern matching characters used in file names
> tar: Use --wildcards to enable pattern matching, or --no-wildcards to suppress this warning
> tar: @usr/share/relink/kernel/GENERIC.MP/.*@@g: Not found in archive
> tar: Exiting with failure status due to previous errors
> #

That message is not from OpenBSD's tar(1) implementation.


> Is this a known issue with this patch? Is there an alternate way
> (besides updating from source) to track -stable ?