[Bug-tar] Re: "Cannot stat: No such file or directory" when using '--keep-newer-files'

[Amit Dor-Shifer]

Reposting.
Anyone?
Amit

Amit Dor-Shifer wrote:
> amit0 archive # tar cvzf test.tar.gz dir
> dir/
> dir/file
>
> amit0 archive # tar --keep-newer-files -xzf /tmp/archive/test.tar.gz -C
> /tmp/target
> tar: dir: Warning: Cannot stat: No such file or directory
> tar: dir/file: Warning: Cannot stat: No such file or directory
> amit0 archive # find /tmp/target/
> /tmp/target/
> /tmp/target/dir
> /tmp/target/dir/file
>
> When I omit '--keep-newer-files', warnings do not appear:
>
> amit0 archive # rm -fr /tmp/target/*
> amit0 archive # find /tmp/target/
> /tmp/target/
> amit0 archive # tar -xzf /tmp/archive/test.tar.gz -C /tmp/target
> amit0 archive # find /tmp/target/
> /tmp/target/
> /tmp/target/dir
> /tmp/target/dir/file
>
> amit0 archive # tar --version
> tar (GNU tar) 1.20
>
>
> Wasn't this supposedly fixed in prev. versions?
>
> Amit
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