Bug 327641

Summary:	app-arch/tar-1.23 enters dead loop on extracting symlinks with -k option
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	srunni
Component:	Current packages	Assignee:	Gentoo's Team for Core System packages <base-system>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal	CC:	pankoAA
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description srunni 2010-07-09 18:41:20 UTC

When using the -k option, tar will simply pause during execution if it encounters a symlink.

A patch is available here: http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/tar.git/patch/?id=b60e56fdb6fd8d82a1f92a4fa7781d9a3184dce1

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Launch tar with -k flag to extract a tarball with symlinks
2. Watch output.
3. Observe tar freezing.

Comment 1 SpanKY gentoo-dev

2010-07-18 21:06:51 UTC

added to tar-1.23-r3 ... thanks for the upstream info

Comment 2 Rafał Mużyło 2010-07-20 13:07:18 UTC

*** Bug 329105 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 3 Wormo (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2010-08-12 19:47:03 UTC

*** Bug 329105 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***