This bug was fixed in the package tar - 1.29b-2ubuntu0.1
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tar (1.29b-2ubuntu0.1) bionic; urgency=medium
* debian/patches/git_add_file.patch:
- backport "Fix the --add-file option." upstream commit,
thanks Martin Vogt (lp: #1809827)
-- Sebastien Bacher <seb...@ubuntu.com> Mon, 21 Jan 2019 17:38:11
+0100
** Changed in: tar (Ubuntu Bionic)
Status: Fix Committed => Fix Released
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1809827
Title:
--add-file broken in bionic
Status in tar package in Ubuntu:
Fix Released
Status in tar source package in Bionic:
Fix Released
Status in tar package in Fedora:
Unknown
Bug description:
same error like this one:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1436030#c0
* Impact
tar supplied in bionic has --add-file option broken.
* Test case
Steps to Reproduce:
1. echo >a.txt
2. echo >b.txt
3. tar cf a.tar a.txt
4. tar rf a.tar --add-file=b.txt
Actual results:
tar: unhandled positional option 0
* Regression potential
The changes are around an option which isn't working so no much regression
potential there, check that other options still work though
Is likely fixed by this:
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/tar.git/commit/?id=3a283cfe9f8f1f127e8dc5597a5ea1d249985a54
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