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Date: Fri, 9 Feb 2001 16:39:31 -0500
From: Christopher Faylor <cgf AT redhat DOT com>
To: cygwin <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
Subject: Re: tar  problem - symlinked file
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In-Reply-To: <u67itmkp4p2.fsf@hal.hq.vtech>; from jojo@virtutech.se on Fri, Feb 09, 2001 at 10:48:41AM +0100

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?

cgf

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