• Bug#265967: tar -o incorrectly acts as --same-owner when extracting

    From Nicholas Breen@1:229/2 to All on Mon Aug 16 02:50:06 2004
    From: [email protected]

    Package: tar
    Version: 1.14-2
    Tags: patch

    The -o option should be the same as --no-same-owner when extracting an
    archive. However, it actually triggers the --same-owner behavior.
    Specifying the long options works as expected.

    The following patch matches the value set by the long_options struct,
    also in tar.c.

    diff -Nru tar-1.14-orig/src/tar.c tar-1.14/src/tar.c
    --- tar-1.14-orig/src/tar.c 2004-05-10 07:49:19.000000000 -0400
    +++ tar-1.14/src/tar.c 2004-08-15 20:00:22.000000000 -0400
    @@ -1280,7 +1280,7 @@
    else
    {
    /* UNIX98 compatibility */
    - same_owner_option = 1;
    + same_owner_option = -1;
    }
    }



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    Nicholas Breen
    [email protected]


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