Public bug reported:
Ubuntu Release 11.04
tar -chf test.tar someDirectory
will generate a hardlink for each file that contained a *symbolic* link
in its path in the original directory.
Only writing
tar --hard-dereference -chf test.tar someDirectory
will prevent this from happening and store all files, also the ones
reached through symbolic links, as plain files, removing all indications
that there once were links.
To me, this is a bug, since
a) the option -h alone should cause all symbolic links to disappear, with the
files originally reached through a symbolic link being dumped as plain files and
b) I don't see any good reason in creating hardlinks (possibly later on as
well, after extracting the file again) for symlinks, effectively changing one
kind of link into the other.
Expected behaviour to me would be that of tar 1.23, which stores
symbolically linked files as plain files, just like the documentation
(for both tar versions) says:
"-h follow symlinks; archive and dump the files they point to"
To me, this bug is a real showstopper because it causes related trouble in a
project I'm working in. A rapid resolution would be extremely nice.
** Affects: tar (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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-h seems to store symlinks as hardlinks
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