Sergey Poznyakoff: > > Take tar 1.18, add the rev. 1.63/1.64 change to src/names.c, run > > make test. It will get stuck here: > > > > 19: extracting symlinks over an existing file > > I've tried that. It has passed the testsuite like a charm.
My bad, and you are correct. The person who forwarded me that change left in the semicolon after the while(), which effectively created an infinite loop. I failed to notice this when I compared the patch with the Savannah CVS and even when I looked at the code. -- Christian "naddy" Weisgerber [EMAIL PROTECTED]
