openSUSE Recommended Update: tar: This update fixes an endless loop if unpacking symbolic links with -k. ______________________________________________________________________________ Announcement ID: openSUSE-RU-2011:0032-1 Rating: low References: #662408 Affected Products: openSUSE 11.3 ______________________________________________________________________________ An update that has one recommended fix can now be installed. Description: When using "tar -k" to unpack a tarball which contains symbolic links to a directory, where the symbolic link already exists, tar gets into an endless loop and has to be killed. Fixed by this update. Patch Instructions: To install this openSUSE Recommended Update use YaST online_update. Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product: - openSUSE 11.3: zypper in -t patch tar-3790 To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch". Package List: - openSUSE 11.3 (i586 x86_64): tar-1.23-2.5.1 tar-backup-scripts-1.23-2.5.1 - openSUSE 11.3 (noarch): tar-lang-1.23-2.5.1 References: https://bugzilla.novell.com/662408