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Date:	Mon, 12 Feb 2001 10:41:03 +0100
From:	Corinna Vinschen <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
To:	cygwin <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
Subject:	Re: tar problem - symlinked file
Message-ID:	<20010212104103.E2107@cygbert.vinschen.de>
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In-Reply-To:	<20010209163931.B7565@redhat.com>; from cgf@redhat.com on Fri, Feb 09, 2001 at 04:39:31PM -0500

On Fri, Feb 09, 2001 at 04:39:31PM -0500, Christopher Faylor wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 09, 2001 at 10:48:41AM +0100, Jesper Eskilson wrote:
> >"Jong B. Lee" <jbdoll AT kepri DOT re DOT kr> writes:
> >
> >> tar does not teat well symlinked file
> >> when it is symlinked to a file in its parent directory.
> >
> >I've experienced the same thing even for links within the archive.
> 
> What is "the same thing" in this case.  Can anyone provide a very small
> failing tar file that fails on cygwin but works on linux?

The problem is already solved in the current tar-1.13.18-3 version.

Corinna

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