Tar regression from 6.2 to 6.3 with --strip-components

[Kris Kennaway]

Jan Mikkelsen wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I've just noticed a regression in tar from 6.2 to 6.3:
> 
> Running this on 6.2 produces no output:
> 
> #!/bin/sh
> mkdir -p a b output
> touch a/file1 b/file2
> tar cf test.tar a b
> tar -x -C output --strip-components 1 -f test.tar
> 
> On 6.3, it produces this output:
> 
> : Invalid empty pathname
> : Invalid empty pathname
> tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors.
> 
> And the tar extraction returns a failure.
> 
> Is this known?  Should I raise a PR?

Let's see what Tim has to say.

Kris