Fix TAR v3 PS3 Homebrew App for Retail and Debug 4.0 Firmware

[Ezio]

It's great, nathanr3296, thanks for help, I appreciate a lot. I'm going to test it soon, but I'm almost sure it works perfectly. Could you complete this great work creating a fix_tar also for spkg_hdr.tar?

I'll +rep you as soon as I can.

[nathanr3269]

Thanks friend

fix_tar_update works fine with spkg_hdr.tar, is the same data like update_files.tar, but content of spkg_hdr.tar is impossible to decrypt, there´s no info about it... so is ok like original file, not need to change

Regards

[cfwprophet]

Sorry needed a rest. I was so tired. Anyway i found something additional out about the source code. There is a value for check the filemode aka permission on a tar. It just wasn't in use and needed to be added into the source on a other place.

Download: Fix TAR v3.2

To be displayed on the command line i added also some stuff to do this. And some info about update_files.tar on diff FW's:

[355.001 Special Downgrad (debug)]
0100644   0000000     0000000  -rw-r--r--   ustar   root    root

[40 (retail&debug)]
0000644   0001762     0001274  0rw-r--r--   ustar make_pup2 psnes

[374 (debug)]
0000644   0001762     0001274  0rw-r--r--   ustar make_pup2 psnes

[373 (retail)]
0000644   0001752     0001274  0rw-r--r--   ustar pup_tool  psnes

[372 (debug)]
0000644   0001762     0001274  0rw-r--r--   ustar make_pup2 psnes
         
[370 (debug)]
0000644   0001762     0001274  0rw-r--r--   ustar make_pup2 psnes
         
[355 (debug)]
0100644   0000000     0000000  -rw-r--r--   ustar   root    root

[341 (retail)]
0000644   0001760     0001274  0rw-r--r--   ustar pup_tool  psnes

[341 (debug)]                          
0100644   0000000     00000000 -rw-r--r--   ustar   root    root

[nathanr3269]

Here it is with fixed permission for 4.00:

Download: Fix TAR v3 (Fixed v2)

Sets permissions of update_files.tar to 0000644



Regards

[Ezio]

Thank you very much, nathanr3269.

That's amazing, I'm going to test it later.

[HomebrewAnimal]

Thanks nathan for the fixed version. +rep

Ezio: I asked could the previous buggy version cause a brick, i mean if a pup was made and installed with the buggy version, could that pup cause a brick?

People have been making pups for 4.00 since before this was released so.. When making windows apps to mess with FW pkgs i think it must be done 100% right, releasing buggy versions that are not tested enough just isn't good enough, -rep cfwprophet, +rep nathan

[nathanr3269]

Fix_tar doesn't cause brick, is highly dangerous with core_os pkg (this don't use fix_tar), but others if something is wrong, PS3 cancels the installation.

Regards

[HomebrewAnimal]

ok. nice, thankyou for explaining that risk to us as was not sure if it was only CoreOS pkg that was super risky or if this touched that, thank you.

[cfwprophet]

Does even one of the members here have recognized that i have posted a fixed version with also permission patch before nathan has posted his version with permission patch ?

And my release also contain fix_tar's for debug's, retail 3.41, retail 3.5+>> and the new debug's + OFW 4.0

[Ezio]

You're right, cfwprophet, I saw the download link only now. I thinked it included only the image you posted, LOL instead it contains the fixed versions of your previous release. So you fixed it before nathanr3269, I would like to thank you also if maybe I'm a little late.