Hi Mike,
> > The following bug was filed in Debian:
> >
> > https://bugs.debian.org/946267
> >
> > … which reports a recent regression in cpio whereby --no-absolute-
> > filenames breaks the extraction of symlinks starting with /.
>
> I reported a similar issue in November, and I don't think it has been fixed
> yet.
>
> https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-cpio/2019-11/msg00013.html
Thanks for the reference; let's hope this is addressed soon. :)
Best wishes,
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