[Bug 57225] Re: "tar --null" complains about NULs in filenames

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** Changed in: tar
       Status: New => Fix Released

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Title:
  "tar --null" complains about NULs in filenames

Status in debhelper:
  Fix Released
Status in GNU tar:
  Fix Released
Status in “dpkg” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  $ fakeroot dh_builddeb

  tar: -: file name read contains nul character

  strace-ing the thing yields:

  [pid 30927] execve("/bin/tar", ["tar", "-cf", "-", "-T", "-", "--
  null", "--no-recursion"], [/* 58 vars */]) = 0

  Duh? Say what? That's exactly the point, isn't it?

  That error message is spurious under "--null" and should be removed.

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