Bug#831434: bzip2 not working with symbolic links: bzip2: Input file b.bz2 is not a normal file.

Dear Julian, Please find below a bug report filed against bzip2 in Debian. Is it expected that bzip2 does not follow symlinks? Best regards, Santiago El 15/07/16 a las 23:30, drcnjio908 escribió: > Package: bzip2 > Version: 1.0.6-8 > Severity: normal > > Dear Maintainer, > > Steps to

Bug#831434: bzip2 not working with symbolic links: bzip2: Input file b.bz2 is not a normal file.

Package: bzip2 Version: 1.0.6-8 Severity: normal Dear Maintainer, Steps to reproduce: echo test > a bzip2 --compress --keep a ln -s a.bz2 b.bz2 bzip2 -d b.bz2 bzip2: Input file b.bz2 is not a normal file. What I think it should do: Extract the file the symbolic link points to.