1 files changed, 2 insertions, 24 deletions

diff --git a/tar.c b/tar.c
index 4eda4c61a..9b3cb7d81 100644
--- a/tar.c
+++ b/tar.c
@@ -493,18 +493,6 @@ readTarHeader(struct TarHeader *rawHeader, struct TarInfo *header)
         chksum = getOctal(rawHeader->chksum, sizeof(rawHeader->chksum));
         header->type  = rawHeader->typeflag;
         header->linkname  = rawHeader->linkname;
-        /* Check for and relativify any absolute paths */
-        if ( *(header->linkname) == '/' ) {
-                static int alreadyWarned=FALSE;
-
-                while (*(header->linkname) == '/')
-                        ++*(header->linkname);
-
-                if (alreadyWarned == FALSE) {
-                        errorMsg("tar: Removing leading '/' from link names\n");
-                        alreadyWarned = TRUE;
-                }
-        }
         header->devmajor  = getOctal(rawHeader->devmajor, sizeof(rawHeader->devmajor));
         header->devminor  = getOctal(rawHeader->devminor, sizeof(rawHeader->devminor));
 
@@ -826,7 +814,7 @@ writeTarHeader(struct TarBallInfo *tbInfo, const char *fileName, struct stat *st
         if (! *header.uname)
                 strcpy(header.uname, "root");
 
-        // FIXME (or most likely not): I break Hard Links
+        /* WARNING/NOTICE: I break Hard Links */
         if (S_ISLNK(statbuf->st_mode)) {
                 char buffer[BUFSIZ];
                 header.typeflag  = SYMTYPE;
@@ -834,17 +822,7 @@ writeTarHeader(struct TarBallInfo *tbInfo, const char *fileName, struct stat *st
                         errorMsg("Error reading symlink '%s': %s\n", header.name, strerror(errno));
                         return ( FALSE);
                 }
-                if (*buffer=='/') {
-                        static int alreadyWarned=FALSE;
-                        if (alreadyWarned==FALSE) {
-                                errorMsg("tar: Removing leading '/' from link names\n");
-                                alreadyWarned=TRUE;
-                        }
-                        strncpy(header.linkname, buffer+1, sizeof(header.linkname)); 
-                }
-                else {
-                        strncpy(header.linkname, buffer, sizeof(header.linkname)); 
-                }
+                strncpy(header.linkname, buffer, sizeof(header.linkname)); 
         } else if (S_ISDIR(statbuf->st_mode)) {
                 header.typeflag  = DIRTYPE;
                 strncat(header.name, "/", sizeof(header.name));