[Bug-tar] Re: tar 1.14 Deletes symlink, 1.15.1 Fails to.

[Ralph Corderoy]

Hi,

> 1.15.1 is trying to stat d/lock when it knows it's a symlink and
> there's no reason why the symlink's destination should exist.  diff
> shows that d/lock has been left behind so my restore of my incremental
> backups is incorrect.

Can others reproduce this?  I'd like to know that it's an acknowledged
bug otherwise I'll do more investigation at my end.

Cheers,


Ralph.