Re: [Bug-tar] broken symlinks in newer version

2017-03-21 Thread Sergey Poznyakoff
Hi Marlen, > If you do tar c /etc|tar xf - on a debian stable (version 1.27) all > symlinks in rc0.d and alternatives are fine. > If you do so on debian unstable (version 1.29) you get broken symlinks > in at least rc0.d. I've tried to do that on a similar system, and got the symlinks restored pr

Re: [Bug-tar] broken symlinks in newer version

2017-03-20 Thread Marlen Caemmerer
Hey again, sorry, tar xfh - works. Cheers, nosy On Sun, 19 Mar 2017, Marlen Caemmerer wrote: Date: Sun, 19 Mar 2017 22:56:28 From: Marlen Caemmerer To: bug-tar@gnu.org Subject: broken symlinks in newer version Hello, I use tar for backup and experienced something very strange. If