Test case:
Tony@LAPTOP-O230JCFF ~ $ tar --version tar (GNU tar) 1.29 Packaged by Cygwin (1.29-1) Copyright (C) 2015 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>. This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. Written by John Gilmore and Jay Fenlason. Tony@LAPTOP-O230JCFF ~ $ mkdir tartest Tony@LAPTOP-O230JCFF ~ $ echo 'tartest' > tartest/filelist.txt Tony@LAPTOP-O230JCFF ~ $ echo 'tartest/filelist.txt' >> tartest/filelist.txt Tony@LAPTOP-O230JCFF ~ $ tar -czf test.tar.gz -T tartest/filelist.txt --no-recursion Tony@LAPTOP-O230JCFF ~ $ tar -tf test.tar.gz tartest/ tartest/filelist.txt tartest/filelist.txt Tony@LAPTOP-O230JCFF ~ $ ls -al test.tar.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 Tony None 186 Mar 7 15:39 test.tar.gz If I downgrade to tar 1.28, I instead get Tony@LAPTOP-O230JCFF ~ $ tar -tf test.tar.gz tartest/ tartest/filelist.txt Tony@LAPTOP-O230JCFF ~ $ ls -al test.tar.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 Tony None 177 Mar 7 15:38 test.tar.gz ... though I just checked in a docker container of Debian unstable which has tar 1.29 and I see the same issue, so this isn't cygwin-specific and maybe I should report it upstream. -Tony -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
