Re: bin/54467: new tar overwrites symlinks to directories

[Christos Zoulas <christos%zoulas.com@localhost>]

> 
> If you allow symlinks tricks, you can just allow absolute path names
> too. It really doesn't make any difference as attack vector.

I am not talking about an attack vector, I am just saying that the behavior
of extracting a tar archive having absolute symlinks in it, will change with -P...
I do understand the ramifications of allowing symlinks, I just want to replicate
the behavior of our current tar.

christos