Tar unable to update symlinks?

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From: The Nose Who Knows
Date: Mon, 03 Feb 1997 00:00

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Howdy all,
 
In an attempt to upgrade the kernel I've grabbed the latest binutils,
GCC, libc et al, but tar doesn't want to update my symbolic links,
leaving me in limbo with some bits of my system upgraded and others not.
(Needless to say I can't compile the kernel in this half-hashed state.)
I don't remember tar having trouble updating symlinks before, but now it
complains that the file already exists.  There's no option that I can
see on the tar manpage to "force" it to overwrite (as with cp, rm).  Any
suggestions?

All binaries are as per RedHat distribution 4.0.  tar is version 1.11.8.

TIA
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From: bignose@rose.slipstream.net.au (The Nose Who Knows)
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Date: 1997/02/03
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