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Description of problem:

tar x -v -J -f ./sosreport-qaredhat.com-20121112055222-56b6.tar.xz --strip-components=2 '*/sos_logs/sosreport-plugin-errors.txt'
tar: */sos_logs/sosreport-plugin-errors.txt: Not found in archive
tar: Exiting with failure status due to previous errors

Without --strip-components file matching works.

This is a regression from 6.3, probably introduced by fix of bug 841308.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

tar-1.23-9.el6.ppc64 

How reproducible:

Always using command above

Steps to Reproduce:
1. use --strip-components together with file matching for extraction
2.
3.
  
Actual results:

Faile matching fails

Expected results:

File matching should work

Additional info:

Upstream fix:
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/tar.git/commit/?id=28e91b48f680a6fab90ee39145123647345f385f

(In reply to comment #1)
> Upstream fix:
> http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/tar.git/commit/
> ?id=28e91b48f680a6fab90ee39145123647345f385f

Yes, I have prepared patch already.

This bug is covered in upstream testsuite.

Relevant test in upstream testsuite:

>       ...
>       30: mode of extracted directories                   ok
>       31: extracting symlinks to a read-only dir          ok
>       32: restoring mode on existing directory            ok
> ===>  33: name matching/transformation ordering           ok
>       34: keep-old-files                                  ok
>       35: skip-old-files                                  ok
>       36: single-volume label                             ok
>       ....

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-2013-0489.html