Debian sid version 1.23-2.1 has that bug fixed. You only need to sync that package to debian version
-- tar 1.23-2 enters dead loop on extracting symlinks with -k option https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/652183 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
