bin/105197: The `follow links on command line' option is broken in BSDTAR

Michaël Grünewald michael.grunewald at laposte.net
Mon Nov 6 08:30:22 UTC 2006


>Number:         105197
>Category:       bin
>Synopsis:       The `follow links on command line' option is broken in BSDTAR
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Mon Nov 06 08:30:19 GMT 2006
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Michaël Grünewald
>Release:        amd64
>Organization:
>Environment:
FreeBSD xxx.yyy.zzz 6.0-RELEASE FreeBSD 6.0-RELEASE #2: Thu Jun  1 06:50:35 CEST
 2006     root at xxx.yyy.zzz:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/KC  amd64

>Description:
The -H option, follow symbolic links on the command line, produces a core dump when used with a dangling link.
>How-To-Repeat:
ln -s /nonexistant dangling
tar cHf wooops.tar dangling

>Fix:

>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:


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