Bug#188663: tar fails to preserve hard links with --remove-files

2009-07-30 Thread Carl Worth
A user of Debian noticed that tar (1.22) does not always preserve hard links when creating an archive with the --remove-files option. Ted Ts'o provided the following analysis: On Sun, 13 Apr 2003 15:45:27 -0400, Theodore Ts'o wrote: > I'm pretty sure, by the way, that the problem is that tar is k

Bug#188663: tar fails to preserve hard links with --remove-files

2009-07-30 Thread Carl Worth
A user of Debian noticed that tar (1.22) does not always preserve hard links when creating an archive with the --remove-files option. Ted Ts'o provided the following analysis: On Sun, 13 Apr 2003 15:45:27 -0400, Theodore Ts'o wrote: > I'm pretty sure, by the way, that the problem is that tar is k