Re: tar bugs version 1.13.19, directory perms.

[Paul Eggert]

> From: Jim Lowe <address@hidden>
> Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2002 14:49:52 -0500 (EST)
> 
>       An Archive member whose name is ``./'' and is tar type DIRTYPE, when
>       unpacked (with xpf options), does *NOT* have the archive's
>       permissions imposed in the file system file hierarchy.

Thanks for your bug report.  The latest tar beta (1.13.25) has an
--overwrite-dir option that should give you the behavior that you
want.  You might want to give it a try.  You might also want to look
at the --overwrite and --recursive-unlink options.

In general, newer tar betas are by default more cautious about
overwriting existing files than traditional tar is; this is because
the traditional behavior led to real problems.

ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/tar/