I think this is a matter of interpretation, and as far as I can see, as it is now, tar's behavior is correct. One thing you could possibly do is ask whether this is intended behavior in gnu tar's mailing list:
http://www.gnu.org/s/tar/#TOCmaillists I'm afraid that, if you've never seen the behavior you describe, it's probably because the way it's implemented is the "intended" way, and since a lot of gnu tar users depend on the -h option behaving as it does now, in any case changing it would be next to impossible. I'm inclined to set this bug to "invalid" as the behavior as implemented seems to be "by design" and correct by most other accounts. I'll wait to hear your thoughts on this before committing to any course of action. Thanks! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/522856 Title: -h option does not do what is expected To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tar/+bug/522856/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
