cpio pass-through mode with absolute paths

[Denys Vlasenko]

On Tuesday 05 January 2010 20:17, Ed F. wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 4, 2010 at 9:44 PM, Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux at googlemail.com> wrote:
> 
> > Please try this patch.
> 
> That fixes the problem.
> 
> One other difference is the output of the "-v" option:
> 
> $ echo /etc/hosts | ./busybox cpio -pvud /tmp
> etc/hosts
> 
> $ echo /etc/hosts | cpio -pvud /tmp
> /tmp/etc/hosts

This can be fixed with relatively minor PITA,
but does it really matter for you?
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