Re: bin/39992: tar -C -T coredumps

[David Holland <dholland-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR bin/39992; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: David Holland <dholland-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost>
To: Stephen Borrill <netbsd%precedence.co.uk@localhost>
Cc: gnats-admin%netbsd.org@localhost, netbsd-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost, 
gnats-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost
Subject: Re: bin/39992: tar -C -T coredumps
Date: Sun, 23 Nov 2008 10:10:03 +0000

 On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 10:50:04AM +0000, Stephen Borrill wrote:
  > From: Stephen Borrill <netbsd%precedence.co.uk@localhost>
  > To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
  > Cc: 
  > Subject: Re: bin/39992: tar -C -T coredumps
  > Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2008 10:45:51 +0000 (GMT)
  > 
  >  Actually, my workaround doesn't not work. The -C option is ignored and the 
  >  items are extracted in the current directory.
 
 Judging from the code, that's a "feature" - the order is significant.
 
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 David A. Holland
 dholland%netbsd.org@localhost