----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Eggert" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Cc: "Denis Excoffier" <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; "Gilles Espinasse" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 2010 5:26 AM Subject: Re: [Bug-tar] [GNU tar 1.24] empty dir and option -C
> Thanks for that bug report. This is a serious bug with tar -x -C, > and it suggests that we should generate a new version soon, alas. I pushed > the following patch; please give it a try. The only part you really > need is the one-line fix to src/extract.c; the rest of the patch is > to add a regression test for this bug. > Work fine. Test suite say now 102 tests were successful. 14 tests were skipped. As a curiosity two test are labeled exactly the same. With the new test added, this is tests 45 and 46 (was 44 and 45 with 1.24). 45: label with non-create option ok 46: label with non-create option ok Gilles
