Subject: bin/18907: pax-as-tar does not handle --exclude correctly
To: None <gnats-bugs@gnats.netbsd.org>
From: None <wiz@netbsd.org>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 11/03/2002 23:43:29
>Number: 18907
>Category: bin
>Synopsis: pax-as-tar does not handle --exclude correctly
>Confidential: no
>Severity: critical
>Priority: high
>Responsible: bin-bug-people
>State: open
>Class: sw-bug
>Submitter-Id: net
>Arrival-Date: Sun Nov 03 14:44:00 PST 2002
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Thomas Klausner
>Release: NetBSD 1.6K/2002-11-03
>Organization:
>Environment:
System: NetBSD hiro.dynup.net 1.6K NetBSD 1.6K (HIRO) #0: Sun Nov 3 16:08:29 CET 2002 wiz@hiro.dynup.net:/disk/archive/cvs/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/HIRO i386
Architecture: i386
Machine: i386
>Description:
pax-as-tar does not handle --exclude correctly.
Example:
> tar --exclude *Makefile* -tvzf /some/path/wmnetload-1.1.tar.bz2
tar: can not open *Makefile*: No such file or directory
Usage: tar [-]{crtux}[-befhmopqvwzHLOPXZ014578] [archive] [blocksize]
[-C directory] [-T file] [-s replstr] [file ...]
While it should extract all files except those matching *Makefile* from
the specified file.
>How-To-Repeat:
See above.
>Fix:
None provided.
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted: