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Description of problem: tar --compare --listed-incremental does not work Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): tar-1.26-27.fc19.x86_64 How reproducible: Always. Steps to Reproduce: 1. mkdir x 2. cd x 3. touch a b c 4. tar --create --listed-incremental ../demo.targ --file ../demo . 5. tar --compare --listed-incremental /dev/null --file ../demo Actual results: Command #5 (tar --compare) exits with code 2 and outputs: tar: ./: Cannot savedir: Not a directory tar: Exiting with failure status due to previous errors Expected results: Tar should exit with code 0 and report no errors. Additional info: tar-1.27.1-2 in Rawhide seems to work.
Thanks for this report; this was fixed upstream some time ago. I applied this patch: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/scm-commits/Week-of-Mon-20131209/1157932.html
tar-1.26-30.fc20 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 20. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/tar-1.26-30.fc20
tar-1.26-28.fc19 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 19. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/tar-1.26-28.fc19
Package tar-1.26-28.fc19: * should fix your issue, * was pushed to the Fedora 19 testing repository, * should be available at your local mirror within two days. Update it with: # su -c 'yum update --enablerepo=updates-testing tar-1.26-28.fc19' as soon as you are able to. Please go to the following url: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2013-23388/tar-1.26-28.fc19 then log in and leave karma (feedback).
tar-1.26-28.fc19 has been pushed to the Fedora 19 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
tar-1.26-30.fc20 has been pushed to the Fedora 20 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.