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Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2000 08:54:39 +0200 (MEST)
From: Marc SCHAEFER <schaefer@alphanet.ch>
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Subject: Handling of sockets is totally broken
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Package: tar
Version: 1.13.17-2

Sockets are not saved at all.

moon:/tmp# ls -la /dev/log && rm -f a1 && rm -rf dev && tar cf a1 /dev/log
&& tar xpf a1 && ls -la dev
srw-rw-rw-    1 root     root            0 Jun 30 06:25 /dev/log
tar: /dev/log: socket ignored
ls: dev: No such file or directory