[Bug-tar] Option -h of tar 1.26 is broken

[Juan PC]

Hi all,

Option -h is not working in tar 1.26. When creating a tar archive, if 
the file a symlink points to (let us call it "the original file") 
appears after the symlink, then, the original file can not be 
individually extracted from the tar file. Here you have the proof (Linux 
distribution is Fedora 16):

address@hidden ~]# tar cvzhf test.tgz /etc/rc.d/init.d/httpd 
/etc/rc0.d/K15httpd
tar: Removing leading `/' from member names
/etc/rc.d/init.d/httpd
tar: Removing leading `/' from hard link targets
/etc/rc0.d/K15httpd
address@hidden ~]# tar xvzf test.tgz etc/rc.d/init.d/httpd
etc/rc.d/init.d/httpd
address@hidden ~]# tar cvzhf test.tgz /etc/rc0.d/K15httpd 
/etc/rc.d/init.d/httpd
tar: Removing leading `/' from member names
/etc/rc0.d/K15httpd
tar: Removing leading `/' from hard link targets
/etc/rc.d/init.d/httpd
address@hidden ~]# tar xvzf test.tgz etc/rc.d/init.d/httpd
etc/rc.d/init.d/httpd
tar: etc/rc.d/init.d/httpd: Cannot hard link to `etc/rc0.d/K15httpd': No 
such file or directory
tar: Exiting with failure status due to previous errors
address@hidden ~]#

If you need more tests, please, let me know.

Regards,

        Juan