Package: tar Version: 1.29-1 Hi, this is a regression in tar 1.28-2.1 -> 1.29-1 and by that it is valid for Debian Stretch (Testing).
Fortunately there is at least a simple test: rm -rf dir; mkdir -p dir/subdir; touch dir/subdir/file; tar -c -f /tmp/test.tar -C dir subdir --exclude subdir/file; tar -tf /tmp/test.tar subdir/file Correct: tar: subdir/file: Not found in archive tar: Exiting with failure status due to previous errors Wrong: subdir/file This could cause quite a few weird/under-the-radar bugs all around - like in my package which suddenly had more binaries. "Fortunately" one of them collided with one of the system, so we found this issue. Note: this is not a dup to bug 655895 - while the title is similar, the old bug referred to a much older tar version and had a more complex --exclude pattern - this simpler test was still ok back then (Tested on wheezy with 1.26+dfsg-0.1). Kind Regards, Christian
