I'm having no luck reproducing on 2.6.32-rc1. exe, please take a look and let me know if I didn't follow your instructions properly:
--- $ uname -a Linux fedora-virt 2.6.32-rc2 #13 SMP Thu Oct 1 16:34:39 CDT 2009 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux $ grep ecryptfs /proc/mounts /tmp/lower /tmp/upper ecryptfs rw,relatime,ecryptfs_fnek_sig=253ca7e88811d184,ecryptfs_sig=253ca7e88811d184,ecryptfs_cipher=aes,ecryptfs_key_bytes=16 0 0 $ pwd /tmp $ hg init testrepo $ cd ./testrepo/ $ echo "content" > testfile $ ln -s testfile ./.testlink $ hg add adding .testlink adding testfile $ hg ci -m "commit" No username found, using '[email protected]' instead $ cd /tmp/upper $ hg clone ssh://localhost//tmp/testrepo clondedrepo requesting all changes adding changesets adding manifests adding file changes added 1 changesets with 2 changes to 2 files updating working directory 2 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved $ tar -cf - ./clonedrepo/ | tar -tvf - drwxrwxr-x tyhicks/tyhicks 0 2009-10-02 06:55 ./clonedrepo/ drwxrwxr-x tyhicks/tyhicks 0 2009-10-02 06:55 ./clonedrepo/.hg/ -rw-rw-r-- tyhicks/tyhicks 7 2009-10-02 06:55 ./clonedrepo/.hg/undo.branch -rw-rw-r-- tyhicks/tyhicks 57 2009-10-02 06:55 ./clonedrepo/.hg/00changelog.i -rw-rw-r-- tyhicks/tyhicks 92 2009-10-02 06:55 ./clonedrepo/.hg/branchheads.cache -rw-rw-r-- tyhicks/tyhicks 0 2009-10-02 06:55 ./clonedrepo/.hg/undo.dirstate -rw-rw-r-- tyhicks/tyhicks 8 2009-10-02 06:55 ./clonedrepo/.hg/branch drwxrwxr-x tyhicks/tyhicks 0 2009-10-02 06:55 ./clonedrepo/.hg/store/ -rw-rw-r-- tyhicks/tyhicks 33 2009-10-02 06:55 ./clonedrepo/.hg/store/fncache -rw-rw-r-- tyhicks/tyhicks 173 2009-10-02 06:55 ./clonedrepo/.hg/store/00changelog.i -rw-rw-r-- tyhicks/tyhicks 155 2009-10-02 06:55 ./clonedrepo/.hg/store/00manifest.i -rw-rw-r-- tyhicks/tyhicks 68 2009-10-02 06:55 ./clonedrepo/.hg/store/undo drwxrwxr-x tyhicks/tyhicks 0 2009-10-02 06:55 ./clonedrepo/.hg/store/data/ -rw-rw-r-- tyhicks/tyhicks 73 2009-10-02 06:55 ./clonedrepo/.hg/store/data/testfile.i -rw-rw-r-- tyhicks/tyhicks 73 2009-10-02 06:55 ./clonedrepo/.hg/store/data/.testlink.i -rw-rw-r-- tyhicks/tyhicks 23 2009-10-02 06:55 ./clonedrepo/.hg/requires -rw-rw-r-- tyhicks/tyhicks 48 2009-10-02 06:55 ./clonedrepo/.hg/hgrc -rw-rw-r-- tyhicks/tyhicks 91 2009-10-02 06:55 ./clonedrepo/.hg/dirstate lrwxrwxrwx tyhicks/tyhicks 0 2009-10-02 06:55 ./clonedrepo/.testlink -> testfile -rw-rw-r-- tyhicks/tyhicks 8 2009-10-02 06:55 ./clonedrepo/testfile $ ls -la ./clonedrepo/ total 16 drwxrwxr-x 3 tyhicks tyhicks 4096 2009-10-02 06:55 . drwxr-xr-x 5 tyhicks tyhicks 4096 2009-10-02 06:55 .. drwxrwxr-x 3 tyhicks tyhicks 4096 2009-10-02 06:55 .hg -rw-rw-r-- 1 tyhicks tyhicks 8 2009-10-02 06:55 testfile lrwxrwxrwx 1 tyhicks tyhicks 84 2009-10-02 06:55 .testlink -> testfile --- -- tar cant archive symlinks on ecryptfs https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/441237 You received this bug notification because you are a member of eCryptfs, which is subscribed to ecryptfs-utils in ubuntu. Status in “ecryptfs-utils” package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Binary package hint: ecryptfs-utils Hello! I've got a very strange problem. Symlinks doesn't want to be archived: u...@ubuntu:~$ ls -la ./weird/ total 0 drwxr-xr-x 2 user user 0 2009-10-03 12:33 . drwxr-xr-x 35 user user 8192 2009-10-03 12:33 .. lrwxrwxrwx 1 user user 0 2009-10-03 11:43 .bashrc -> ./.profile -rw-r--r-- 1 user user 697 2009-10-03 11:43 .profile u...@ubuntu:~$ tar -cf - ./weird/ | tar -tvf - drwxr-xr-x user/user 0 2009-10-03 12:33 ./weird/ lrwxrwxrwx user/user 0 2009-10-03 11:43 ./weird/.bashrc -> .\251t\b \251t\b<W -rw-r--r-- user/user 697 2009-10-03 11:43 ./weird/.profile I don't know what ".\251t\b \251t\b<W" mean. Steps to reproduce(: cd /tmp hg init testrepo cd ./testrepo echo "content" > testfile ln -s testfile ./.testlink hg add hg ci -m "commit" cd ~ hg clone ssh://localhost//tmp/testrepo clonedrepo tar -cf - ./clonedrepo | tar -tvf - mount: /home/user/.Private on /home/user type ecryptfs (ecryptfs_sig=6838319cfdb74235,ecryptfs_fnek_sig=6f10y2de3b0e0f6c,ecryptfs_cipher=aes,ecryptfs_key_bytes=16) ProblemType: Bug Architecture: i386 Date: Sat Oct 3 12:18:10 2009 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10 Package: tar 1.22-1 ProcEnviron: LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-11.36-generic SourcePackage: tar Uname: Linux 2.6.31-11-generic i686 _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ecryptfs Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ecryptfs More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp

