Package: tar Version: 1.24-1 Severity: important Tags: patch fixed-upstream
tar 1.24 fails to extract device nodes. Way to reproduce: note:/tmp# ls -l /dev/loop0 brw-rw---- 4 root disk 7, 0 Oct 4 2009 /dev/loop0 note:/tmp# tar cf test.tar /dev/loop0 tar: Removing leading `/' from member names note:/tmp# tar tvf test.tar brw-rw---- root/disk 7,0 2009-10-04 20:23 dev/loop0 note:/tmp# tar xf test.tar note:/tmp# ls -l dev/ total 0 -rw-rw---- 1 root disk 0 Oct 4 2009 loop0 Upstream has already committed the fix: http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/tar.git/commit/?id=3913675640f65bb4774429d369681957b528996e Thanks, -- YOSHINO Yoshihito <[email protected]> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
