Bug in GNU Tar 1.07

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From: James Buster
Date: Tue, 25 Jul 1989 00:40

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In GNU Tar 1.07, I have used the following command line:

find <dir> -print | sort | tar -c -f <dir>.tar -T -

The error is that tar does not archive files in the order it reads file names
when using -T, i.e., a tar -tf <dir>.tar should reveal that the file names are
sorted, but they aren't. It is desirable for tar to archive files in the order
tar reads their names, since having file names in sorted (whatever your sort
criteria are) order is nice.
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From: bitbug@lonewolf.sun.com (James Buster)
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Subject: Bug in GNU Tar 1.07
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Date: 25 Jul 89 00:40:56 GMT
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