Re: [Bug-tar] bug or feature??

[Paul Eggert]

"Janes, Jeffrey" <address@hidden> writes:

>  I have found that using the --overwrite-dir does not break the link but it
> does not seem like I should have to do this.
>
> The standard version of tar in /usr/bin does not break the link.

Hmm, does the standard version of tar behave as if --overwrite-dir was
specified?  If not, then how exactly does it behave in the presence of
existing files, directories, symbolic links to files, and symbolic
links to directories?  (If it is important to emulate the standard
tar, we need to know how the standard tar behaves.  :-)