>Number:         8090
>Category:       install
>Synopsis:       extracting distribution .tar.gz files with pax nukes my symlinks
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    install-manager (NetBSD system installation bug manager)
>State:          open
>Class:          change-request
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Tue Jul 27 08:05:01 1999
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Luke Mewburn
>Organization:
The NetBSD Foundation's FTP hackers.
>Release:        whenever
>Environment:
System: NetBSD karybdis.cs.rmit.edu.au 1.4H NetBSD 1.4H (LUKEM) #149: Tue Jul 27 17:49:31 EST 1999 lukem@karybdis.cs.rmit.edu.au:/echidna/netbsd/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/LUKEM i386


>Description:
	ever since we cut over to using pax instead of gtar for
	extraction of the distribution .tar.gz files, i've found
	that various symlinks I have (including /home and /usr/local)
	get removed and replaced with directories.
	
>How-To-Repeat:
	make /home or /usr/local a symlink. extract base.tar.gz
	with pax. wonder why things don't work anymore.
	
>Fix:
	don't ship tarfiles with empty placeholder directories for
	stuff like /home and /usr/local. maybe ship an mtree
	specification that's to be used post-install which creates
	these directories on new systems.
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted: