Re: [Bug-tar] incorrect reporting of harlink mismatch

[Cezary Sliwa]

On Wed, November 8, 2017 16:14, Sergey Poznyakoff wrote:
> Hi Cezary,
>
>> To reproduce the bug, enter these shell commands
>
> That's not a bug, but intended behaviour.
>
>> ln a/y a/z
> [...]
>> rm a/z
>> ln -s x a/z
>
> You are replacing a hard link with a symbolic one. These are two
> distinct types of objects, both for filesystem and for the archive.

I will argue that the message

a/y: Not linked to a/y

is incorrect, as it says that the file (whatever its type is) is not
linked to *itself*, which does not make sense to me.

I would rather expect:

a/z: Not linked to a/y

or vice versa:

a/y: Not linked to a/z


Much thanks for your reply anyway,
C.S.


>
> Regards,
> Sergey
>


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Cezary Sliwa
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