From:	noer AT cygnus DOT com (Geoffrey Noer)
Subject:	Re: B17 (warning)
7 Dec 1996 21:00:07 -0800 :
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In-Reply-To:	<Chameleon.850006943.garp@software6.opustel.com> from "Keith Gary Boyce" at Dec 7, 96 07:58:03 pm
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Keith Gary Boyce wrote:
> 
> For all you who may try to extract all.tar.gz with something other
> than tar file with release then don't. You will loose all symbolic links
> etc.

There should not be any symbolic links in the tar files.  I was careful
to always use the tar "h" option which includes copies of symlinked
files only (creating tar files without symlinks).

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Geoffrey Noer
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