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Patch to fix tar directory access time changes under cygwin


The following little patch fixes tar under cygwin not ignoring
directory change times.

Without it a simple tar can easily fail.

--- src/create.c.orig   2011-01-07 10:04:33.297364800 -0800
+++ src/create.c    2011-01-07 09:51:37.804364800 -0800
@@ -1788,7 +1788,7 @@
          /* Original ctime will change if the file is a directory and
         --remove-files is given */
          && !(remove_files_option && is_dir))
-         || original_size < final_stat.st_size)
+         || (!is_dir && original_size != final_stat.st_size))
       {
         WARNOPT (WARN_FILE_CHANGED,
              (0, 0, _("%s: file changed as we read it"),


Would be good if this could be included in the offical port


   Regards
   Steve


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