[BusyBox 0001509]: tar does not remove leading / from hard link target

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The following issue has been SUBMITTED. 
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http://busybox.net/bugs/view.php?id=1509 
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Reported By:                Dwight Engen
Assigned To:                BusyBox
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Project:                    BusyBox
Issue ID:                   1509
Category:                   Other
Reproducibility:            always
Severity:                   minor
Priority:                   normal
Status:                     assigned
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Date Submitted:             09-24-2007 06:54 PDT
Last Modified:              09-24-2007 06:54 PDT
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Summary:                    tar does not remove leading / from hard link target
Description: 
Since busybox tar does not strip the leading slash when saving a hard link,
attempting to restore a tar with hard links in it on a mounted volume
results in EXDEV from link(2). A patch is provided which fixes the
problem.
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Issue History 
Date Modified   Username       Field                    Change               
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09-24-07 06:54  Dwight Engen   New Issue                                    
09-24-07 06:54  Dwight Engen   Status                   new => assigned     
09-24-07 06:54  Dwight Engen   Assigned To               => BusyBox         
09-24-07 06:54  Dwight Engen   File Added: tar.patch                        
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