[Bug-tar] The --transform option in tar 1.20 (since Bug#463251)

[Cyril Strejc]

I have just upgraded to tar 1.20 and my scripts don't work anymore.

In docs, there is following example:
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  3. Prepend `/prefix/'  to each file name:
          $ tar --transform 's,^,/prefix/,' -x -f arch.tar
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I use something like this:
          $ tar --transform 's:^:newfs/', -cjf arch.tar usr/lib/*

New behaviour after Bug#463251 transform symlinks in /usr/lib pointing to the 
same directory (i.e. libFoo.so -> libFoo.so.2.0 ) to (i.e. libFoo.so -> 
newfs/libFoo.so.2.0).

Is that intentional?