Add `-h' option to force tar to follow symbolic links

4 files changed, 15 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/usr.sbin/pkg_install/create/create.h b/usr.sbin/pkg_install/create/create.h
index 2f683ce..d45c177 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/pkg_install/create/create.h
+++ b/usr.sbin/pkg_install/create/create.h
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* $Id: create.h,v 1.4 1993/09/04 05:06:32 jkh Exp $ */
+/* $Id: create.h,v 1.4 1993/09/12 20:45:28 jkh Exp $ */
 
 /*
  * FreeBSD install - a package for the installation and maintainance
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ extern char	*Contents;
 extern char	*Require;
 extern char	*PlayPen;
 extern char	*ExcludeFrom;
+extern int	Dereference;
 
 void		check_list(char *, Package *);
 void		usage(const char *, const char *, ...);
diff --git a/usr.sbin/pkg_install/create/main.c b/usr.sbin/pkg_install/create/main.c
index f05b9da..e7805ca 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/pkg_install/create/main.c
+++ b/usr.sbin/pkg_install/create/main.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #ifndef lint
-static const char *rcsid = "$Id: main.c,v 1.5 1994/04/05 14:05:38 jkh Exp $";
+static const char *rcsid = "$Id: main.c,v 1.6 1994/04/16 21:50:53 jkh Exp $";
 #endif
 
 /*
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ char	*Contents	= NULL;
 char	*Require	= NULL;
 char	*PlayPen	= NULL;
 char	*ExcludeFrom	= NULL;
+int	Dereference	= 0;
 
 int
 main(int argc, char **argv)
@@ -87,6 +88,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 	    break;
 
 	case 'h':
+	    Dereference = 1;
+	    break;
+
 	case '?':
 	default:
 	    usage(prog_name, NULL);
@@ -134,6 +138,7 @@ usage(const char *name, const char *fmt, ...)
     fprintf(stderr, "-c [-]file Get one-line comment from file (-or arg)\n");
     fprintf(stderr, "-d [-]file Get description from file (-or arg)\n");
     fprintf(stderr, "-f file    get list of files from file (- for stdin)\n");
+    fprintf(stderr, "-h         follow symbolic links\n");
     fprintf(stderr, "-i script  install script\n");
     fprintf(stderr, "-p arg     install prefix will be arg\n");
     fprintf(stderr, "-k script  de-install script\n");
diff --git a/usr.sbin/pkg_install/create/perform.c b/usr.sbin/pkg_install/create/perform.c
index 2363a38..7eb9ff3 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/pkg_install/create/perform.c
+++ b/usr.sbin/pkg_install/create/perform.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #ifndef lint
-static const char *rcsid = "$Id: perform.c,v 1.6 1993/09/12 20:56:40 jkh Exp $";
+static const char *rcsid = "$Id: perform.c,v 1.7 1993/09/18 03:39:20 jkh Exp $";
 #endif
 
 /*
@@ -145,6 +145,8 @@ make_dist(char *home, char *pkg, char *suffix, Package *plist)
     sprintf(tball, "%s/%s.%s", home, pkg, suffix);
     if (index(suffix, 'z'))	/* Compress/gzip? */
 	strcat(args, "z");
+    if (Dereference)
+	strcat(args, "h");
     if (Verbose)
 	printf("Creating gzip'd tar ball in '%s'\n", tball);
     strcat(args, "cf");
diff --git a/usr.sbin/pkg_install/create/pkg_create.1 b/usr.sbin/pkg_install/create/pkg_create.1
index 3d29b52..67df84d 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/pkg_install/create/pkg_create.1
+++ b/usr.sbin/pkg_install/create/pkg_create.1
@@ -83,6 +83,10 @@ is a
 (dash).
 .B "Mandatory."
 .TP
+.B -h
+Forces tar to follow symbolic links, so that the files they point to
+are dumped, rather than the links themselves.
+.TP
 .BI "\-i\ " script
 Sets
 .I script