Re: [Bug-tar] handle symlinks when extracting

[Paul Eggert]

Guenter wrote:

> if you
> could give kinda helping hand, and post how you would like to have it
> implemented, which functions in which files to modify, etc.;

Unfortunately figuring that out is most of the work.  Coding is the easy part.

That being said, I suggest running the command 'git log' and look at all commits 
whose messages contain the phrase "symbolic link", e.g., the changes made late 
October 2000.