yamu wasp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > # This old version is the only one that won't clobber > synlinks, e.g.: > # someone moves /opt to /usr/opt and makes a symlink. > With newer > # versions of tar, installing any new package will > remove the /opt
The following script: #! /bin/sh mkdir dir > dir/file1 > dir/file2 tar cf archive dir rm -rf dir mkdir directory ln -sd directory dir > directory/file3 tar xf archive file dir ls -l dir/ run with tar version 1.15.1 produces: dir: symbolic link to directory total 0 -rw-r--r-- 1 gray users 0 Mar 5 10:11 file1 -rw-r--r-- 1 gray users 0 Mar 5 10:11 file2 -rw-r--r-- 1 gray users 0 Mar 5 10:11 file3 So, I don't know what they mean. > QUESTIONS: > 1) Are the symlinks and/or other bugs fixed? One of the purposes of any new release is to fix "other bugs". Please, refer to NEWS file for the full list of these. > 2) Also, is there a way to use tar to only overwrite > symlinks with other symlinks (not directories)? No, currently there is not. Regards, Sergey _______________________________________________ Bug-tar mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-tar
