This isn't an issue anymore in Trusty.
** Changed in: tar (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided => Low
** Tags added: manpage
** Changed in: tar (Ubuntu)
Status: Confirmed => Fix Released
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/377604
Title:
--strip-components listed twice in man page
Status in tar package in Ubuntu:
Fix Released
Bug description:
Binary package hint: tar
The man page contains the following:
"
--strip-components n
Strip the given number of leading directory components
--strip, --strip-components N
Strips the first N components from archive members’ pathnames
when unpacking.
"
This is in tar version 1.20-1 from 8.10. Unknown if it's fixed in 9.04
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