Package: tar Version: 1.19-1 Severity: normal tar's --transform option seems to apply to symlink targets when extracting an archive, but not when creating or listing one. (I haven't checked other operations.)
# Create an archive with a symlink in $ mkdir d $ cd d $ touch foo $ ln -s foo bar $ cd .. $ ls -l d total 0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 timb software 3 Jan 30 15:05 bar -> foo -rw-rw-r-- 1 timb software 0 Jan 30 15:05 foo $ tar cf d.tar d $ tar tvf d.tar drwxrwsr-x timb/software 0 2008-01-30 15:05 d/ -rw-rw-r-- timb/software 0 2008-01-30 15:05 d/foo lrwxrwxrwx timb/software 0 2008-01-30 15:05 d/bar -> foo # Listing with --transform doesn't transform the symlink target $ tar tvf d.tar --transform=s/foo/quux/ --show-transformed-names drwxrwsr-x timb/software 0 2008-01-30 15:05 d -rw-rw-r-- timb/software 0 2008-01-30 15:05 d/quux lrwxrwxrwx timb/software 0 2008-01-30 15:05 d/bar -> foo # Extracting appears not to ... $ rm -r d $ tar xvvf d.tar --transform=s/foo/quux/ --show-transformed-names drwxrwsr-x timb/software 0 2008-01-30 15:05 d -rw-rw-r-- timb/software 0 2008-01-30 15:05 d/quux lrwxrwxrwx timb/software 0 2008-01-30 15:05 d/bar -> foo # ... but really does $ ls -l d total 0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 timb software 4 Jan 30 15:06 bar -> quux -rw-rw-r-- 1 timb software 0 Jan 30 15:05 quux # Restore the original and this time create with --transform $ rm -r d $ tar xf d.tar $ ls -l d total 0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 timb software 3 Jan 30 15:06 bar -> foo -rw-rw-r-- 1 timb software 0 Jan 30 15:05 foo $ tar cvvf d.tar d --transform=s/foo/quux/ --show-transformed-names drwxrwsr-x timb/software 0 2008-01-30 15:05 d/ -rw-rw-r-- timb/software 0 2008-01-30 15:05 d/quux lrwxrwxrwx timb/software 0 2008-01-30 15:06 d/bar -> foo # This time it looks broken because it really is $ tar tvf d.tar drwxrwsr-x timb/software 0 2008-01-30 15:05 d/ -rw-rw-r-- timb/software 0 2008-01-30 15:05 d/quux lrwxrwxrwx timb/software 0 2008-01-30 15:06 d/bar -> foo -- System Information: Debian Release: 4.0 APT prefers stable APT policy: (990, 'stable'), (50, 'unstable'), (50, 'testing') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.22-3-amd64 Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) Versions of packages tar depends on: ii libc6 2.7-6 GNU C Library: Shared libraries tar recommends no packages. -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
