Bug#867545: Fails with confusing message when tarball target is a unresolved symlink

2017-07-09 Thread Guido Günther
Hi Tomasz, On Fri, Jul 07, 2017 at 10:07:14PM +0200, Tomasz Buchert wrote: > retitle 867545 Fails with cryptic message when given paths do not exist > thanks > > On 07/07/17 09:57, Guido Günther wrote: > > Package: pristine-tar > > Version: 1.39 > > Severity: minor > > > > pristine-tar fails when

Bug#867545: Fails with confusing message when tarball target is a unresolved symlink

2017-07-07 Thread Tomasz Buchert
retitle 867545 Fails with cryptic message when given paths do not exist thanks On 07/07/17 09:57, Guido Günther wrote: > Package: pristine-tar > Version: 1.39 > Severity: minor > > pristine-tar fails when the target it want's to reproduce is a symlink > that points nowhere. That by itself is o.k.

Bug#867545: Fails with confusing message when tarball target is a unresolved symlink

2017-07-07 Thread Guido Günther
Package: pristine-tar Version: 1.39 Severity: minor pristine-tar fails when the target it want's to reproduce is a symlink that points nowhere. That by itself is o.k. but the error message is confusing: $ /usr/bin/pristine-tar checkout /var/scratch/src/krb5-auth-dialog/krb5-auth-dialog_3.20.