Re: [Bug-tar] [Fwd: Bug#463251: tar: --transform does not apply to symlink targets when creating or listing]

[Sergey Poznyakoff]

Bdale Garbee <address@hidden> ha escrit:

> One of the users of my Debian tar packages reports that --transform only
> works on symlinks during extraction, not on creation or listing.  A
> quick review of the info doc didn't suggest any reason for that to be
> intentional?

Thanks for reporting. No, it was not intentional. I have installed the
following fix:

Index: src/create.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/tar/tar/src/create.c,v
retrieving revision 1.131
diff -p -u -r1.131 create.c
--- src/create.c        29 Oct 2007 16:56:13 -0000      1.131
+++ src/create.c        7 Feb 2008 15:40:41 -0000
@@ -1706,6 +1706,7 @@ dump_file0 (struct tar_stat_info *st, co
        }
       buffer[size] = '\0';
       assign_string (&st->link_name, buffer);
+      transform_name (&st->link_name);
       if (NAME_FIELD_SIZE - (archive_format == OLDGNU_FORMAT) < size)
        write_long_link (st);
 
@@ -1714,7 +1715,7 @@ dump_file0 (struct tar_stat_info *st, co
       header = start_header (st);
       if (!header)
        return;
-      tar_copy_str (header->header.linkname, buffer, NAME_FIELD_SIZE);
+      tar_copy_str (header->header.linkname, st->link_name, NAME_FIELD_SIZE);
       header->header.typeflag = SYMTYPE;
       finish_header (st, header, block_ordinal);
       /* nothing more to do to it */

Regards,
Sergey