Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2008 15:03:53 +0100 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.org> To: Jan Mikkelsen <janm@transactionware.com> Cc: Tim Kientzle <kientzle@FreeBSD.org>, "freebsd-stable@freebsd.org" <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Tar regression from 6.2 to 6.3 with --strip-components Message-ID: <47C56DC9.4020406@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <000801c87942$098dceb0$0301a8c0@STUDYPC> References: <000801c87942$098dceb0$0301a8c0@STUDYPC>
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Jan Mikkelsen wrote: > Hi, > > I've just noticed a regression in tar from 6.2 to 6.3: > > Running this on 6.2 produces no output: > > #!/bin/sh > mkdir -p a b output > touch a/file1 b/file2 > tar cf test.tar a b > tar -x -C output --strip-components 1 -f test.tar > > On 6.3, it produces this output: > > : Invalid empty pathname > : Invalid empty pathname > tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors. > > And the tar extraction returns a failure. > > Is this known? Should I raise a PR? Let's see what Tim has to say. Kris
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