Re: [PATCH] tar: on extract, -o is --no-same-owner

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Andreas Schwab <schwab@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> Like this.

Yeah, correct and it beautifly explains the issue.  Thanks.

>>From ebadb41b346c305b94f27e3bb787bf0ba6bb8a5b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: Andreas Schwab <schwab@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2009 15:01:03 +0200
> Subject: [PATCH] Work around option parsing bug in the busybox tar implementation
>
> Traditionally the first argument of the tar command was interpreted a
> bundle of letters specifying the mode of operation and additional options,
> with any option arguments taken from subsequent words on the command line
> as needed.  The implementation of tar in busybox apparently treats this
> bundle as if preceded by a dash and then parses it by getopt rules, which
> mishandles 'tar xfo -'.  Use 'tar xof -' instead which is parsed the same
> way by both traditional tar implementations and busybox.
>
> Signed-off-by: Andreas Schwab <schwab@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  templates/Makefile |    2 +-
>  1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/templates/Makefile b/templates/Makefile
> index a12c6e2..408f013 100644
> --- a/templates/Makefile
> +++ b/templates/Makefile
> @@ -50,4 +50,4 @@ clean:
>  install: all
>  	$(INSTALL) -d -m 755 '$(DESTDIR_SQ)$(template_instdir_SQ)'
>  	(cd blt && $(TAR) cf - .) | \
> -	(cd '$(DESTDIR_SQ)$(template_instdir_SQ)' && umask 022 && $(TAR) xfo -)
> +	(cd '$(DESTDIR_SQ)$(template_instdir_SQ)' && umask 022 && $(TAR) xof -)
> -- 
> 1.6.5.1
>
>
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