This has been fixed upstream and is part of the 1.32 version of tar, which is not yet in Ubuntu or Debian.
https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/tar.git/commit/?id=b0930da045d4dc9750097876f0a3f672dc99ad11 ** Changed in: tar (Ubuntu) Status: New => Triaged ** Changed in: tar (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Low -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to tar in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1796900 Title: Inconsistency in the man page regarding created archive file Status in tar package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: This is just a minor mistake, but still worth correcting, I think. In the man page for tar_1.29b-2_amd64 and also tar_1.30+dfsg-2_amd64, the first command demonstrating the option styles is tar cfv a.tar /etc which creates the archive a.tar. In the text, however, it is said to create the file etc.tar. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tar/+bug/1796900/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
