Re: [Bug-tar] Directory modes in tar 1.15.90

[Sergey Poznyakoff]

Peter Fales <address@hidden> wrote:

> Specifically, when unpacking 
> archives in a directory for which one has write permission but does
> not own (such as /tmp).  
> 
> This may be a few feature, but tar-1.13.25 didn't exhibit this behavior.

This is a bug and it has already been fixed in the repository. Please
try applying this patch:

http://cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/tar/tar/src/extract.c?r1=1.89&r2=1.90&diff_format=u

Regards,
Sergey