Hi,
Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make
Ubuntu better.
I tried reproducing the bug as per your instructions but I was unable to
do so. I also think the behavior you expect in your second command (tar
-hxf testfile.tar) is not correct; testfile.tar contains just a zipped
testfile, not a symlink, so tar is doing the right thing by just
extracting that file, I don't think it's expected to follow an existing
symlink and put the file in place of the one the link points to.
The -h parameter as I understand it, and when extracting, means to
follow symlinks *on the tar file*, not on the actual filesystem.
Could you clarify on where have you seen this behavior from tar? Also,
if possible, could you try with a more recent release of ubuntu, which
contains a newer version of tar? This is since Ubuntu 9.10 has reached
End of Life and is no longer supported.
I'll set this bug as incomplete pending your answer.
Thanks!
** Changed in: tar (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Incomplete
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