tar 1.13 --exclude bug

[Ulli Horlacher]

I have discovered a bug in tar 1.13 with the --exclude and --exclude-from
options: they do not support directories any longer!

Example:

# tar --version
tar (GNU tar) 1.13

Copyright (C) 1988, 92,93,94,95,96,97,98, 1999 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

Written by John Gilmore and Jay Fenlason.

# tar -c --exclude=*/bashrc -f - etc | tar tvf - | grep bashrc
-rw-r--r-- root/other       14 1999-02-23 14:55 etc/skel/.bashrc
-rw-r--r-- root/other     1227 2001-04-27 10:45 etc/bashrc

# tar -c --exclude=etc/bashrc -f - etc | tar tvf - | grep bashrc
-rw-r--r-- root/other       14 1999-02-23 14:55 etc/skel/.bashrc
-rw-r--r-- root/other     1227 2001-04-27 10:45 etc/bashrc

# tar -c --exclude=bashrc -f - etc | tar tvf - | grep bashrc
-rw-r--r-- root/other       14 1999-02-23 14:55 etc/skel/.bashrc


The older tar 1.12 does not have this bug:

# /root/backup/tar --version
tar (GNU tar) 1.12

Copyright (C) 1988, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

Written by John Gilmore and Jay Fenlason.

# /root/backup/tar -c --exclude=*/bashrc -f - etc | tar tvf - | grep bashrc
-rw-r--r-- root/other       14 1999-02-23 14:55 etc/skel/.bashrc


I have tested it on a Sun Ultra 5 with Solaris 2.6

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