https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=244154 Summary: tar on x86-64 does not recognize --exclude Product: openSUSE 10.2 Version: Final Platform: x86-64 OS/Version: SuSE Other Status: NEW Severity: Major Priority: P5 - None Component: Basesystem AssignedTo: bnc-team-screening@forge.provo.novell.com ReportedBy: jvb@multisoft.de QAContact: qa@suse.de None of the --exclude tar options is recognized: tar cvzf /tmp/my.tgz /my/dir --exclude='*.tgz' --exclude=/my/dir/myfile.tgz nor the exclude-file (containing above entries): tar cvzf /tmp/my.tgz /my/dir -X /tmp/myfile.excl Previous (32bit) versions worked fine this way. Workaround: using the 32bit version of tar (from SuSE9 or 10) Used OS: openSuSE-10.2-GM-x86-64 CD images HW: AMD Sempron64 2600+ 1GB -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.