I tested this with tar 1.25 under Ubuntu 11.10. Steps to reproduce: mkdir /tmp/tar-link-test dd if=/dev/urandom of=/tmp/tar-link-test/testfile count=2 ln -s /tmp/tar-link-test/testfile /tmp/tar-link-test/testfile.link tar -chf /tmp/test-tar.tar /tmp/tar-link-test tar -tvf /tmp/test-tar.tar
Expected output: drwxrwxr-x roadmr/roadmr 0 2011-11-25 11:22 tmp/tar-link-test/ -rw-rw-r-- roadmr/roadmr 1024 2011-11-25 11:22 tmp/tar-link-test/testfile -rw-rw-r-- roadmr/roadmr 1024 2011-11-25 11:22 tmp/tar-link-test/testfile.link <- this being an actual file Actual output: drwxrwxr-x roadmr/roadmr 0 2011-11-25 11:22 tmp/tar-link-test/ -rw-rw-r-- roadmr/roadmr 1024 2011-11-25 11:22 tmp/tar-link-test/testfile hrw-rw-r-- roadmr/roadmr 0 2011-11-25 11:22 tmp/tar-link-test/testfile.link link to tmp/tar-link-test/testfile -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/887107 Title: -h seems to store symlinks as hardlinks To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tar/+bug/887107/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
