Package: tar
Version: 1.14-2
Severity: minor
Two different places describe `-o' to mean something different.
Probably the "Short Options Cross Reference" is wrong.
Let me cite from tar.info.gz:
3.4.2 `tar' Options
-------------------
`-o'
When extracting files, this option is a synonym for
`--no-same-owner', i.e. it prevents `tar' from restoring ownership
of files being extracted.
When creating an archive, `-o' is a synonym for `--old-archive'.
This behavior is for compatibility with previous versions of GNU
`tar', and will be removed in the future releases.
*Note Current status::, for more information.
3.4.3 Short Options Cross Reference
-----------------------------------
`-o'
When creating -- `--no-same-owner', when extracting --
`--portability'.
The later usage is deprecated. It is retained for compatibility
with the earlier versions of GNU `tar'. In the future releases
`-o' will be equivalent to `--no-same-owner' only.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (800, 'unstable'), (100, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.11-rc2-vs1.9.4-rc3-ndim-1
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Versions of packages tar depends on:
ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-20 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
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