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Bug#: 168555
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Reporter: Ulrich Müller <ulm@gentoo.org>
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tar.1.patch Patch for files/tar.1 patch Ulrich Müller 2007-07-07 10:43 0000 1.43 KB Details | Diff
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Description:   Opened: 2007-02-27 11:46 0000 
The "tar" program from app-arch/tar-1.16.1 does not honor the "-l" ("ell")
option. 

To reproduce, do:
$ tar -clvf /dev/null /
as compared to:
$ tar --one-file-system -cvf /dev/null /

In the first case, also the subdirs at different mount points are traversed.
The second case works as expected.

Last "good" version in the tree that does not show this error is tar-1.15.1-r1.

------- Comment #1 From SpanKY 2007-02-27 15:34:41 0000 ------- 
-l is --check-links, not --one-file-system ... look at the --help output

i'll fix the manpage

------- Comment #2 From Ulrich Müller 2007-02-27 15:56:13 0000 ------- 
(In reply to comment #1)
> -l is --check-links, not --one-file-system ... look at the --help output
> i'll fix the manpage

I see. Not the first man page that is neglected by the GNU people ...

Silently _changing_ the meaning of an option without any transition period
(with a deprecation warning) seems not very professional. Also upstream's
fault, I guess.

------- Comment #3 From Jakub Moc (RETIRED) 2007-03-29 15:17:14 0000 ------- 
*** Bug 172673 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

------- Comment #4 From Ulrich Müller 2007-07-07 10:31:08 0000 ------- 
(In reply to comment #1)
> i'll fix the manpage

Still not fixed. Reopening.

------- Comment #5 From Ulrich Müller 2007-07-07 10:43:40 0000 ------- 
Created an attachment (id=124135) [details]
Patch for files/tar.1

------- Comment #6 From Ulrich Müller 2007-07-07 12:28:20 0000 ------- 
Fixed this one and bug #170691, too.
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