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Subject: Tar --keep-old-files option does not work as expected. Description of problem: Tar traditional functionality of --keep-old-files option was (when extracting archive contents) fail when extracted files already existed in file system (actually return error code 2) even if is extracted everything that is possible. Tar is actually not returning error code when this problem occurs, it just silently skips these files and continues with unpacking (returning zero). This regression was pushed by 8f390db9 upstream commit and as a solution in upstream for this problem was introduced new option "--skip-old-files", which silently skips already existing files and "--keep-old-files" was switched back to traditional behaviour (btw. the same like in RHEL-5) to failing when extracted files already existed. Version-Release number: tar-1.23.el6 Steps to Reproduce: 1. go to clean directory 2. tar -xf /some/archive.tar 3. tar --keep-old-files -xf /some/archive.tar Actual results: tar successes with zero return value without any warnings Expeected results: tar should return error value 2 and tell something Additional info: ================ Upstream commit: http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/tar.git/commit/?id=7a5a3708cb8b33494cd6ac64bfe163f631a33edf
Since the problem described in this bug report should be resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated files, follow the link below. If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report. http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2012-0849.html