misc/103690: tar processes --exclude as if the pattern started with a *

[Frank Korzeniewski]

>Number:         103690
>Category:       misc
>Synopsis:       tar processes --exclude as if the pattern started with a *
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Tue Sep 26 19:30:31 GMT 2006
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Frank Korzeniewski
>Release:        6.1
>Organization:
>Environment:
FreeBSD adsl-63-194-157-35.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net 6.1-RELEASE FreeBSD 6.1-RELEASE #0: Sun May  7 04:42:56 UTC 2006     root at opus.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/SMP  i386

>Description:
i use the following command in the /usr/src directory:
tar cf ../src.tar --exclude 'sys/*' .
to copy the system source from one machine to another.
i do a make buildworld on both machines.
the following error shows up:
"Makefile", line 50: Could not find /usr/src/lib/libc/sys/Makefile.inc
there is nothing in the directory /usr/src/lib/libc/sys
its my opinion that there should be if tar follows the shell globing rules!

>How-To-Repeat:
do what i did in the full description.

>Fix:
change the man page to reflect the non-shell behavior or fix tar.

i just want to say you guys do a great job.
(i'm not saying that to get this fixed)

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