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-rw-r--r--doc/tar.14
-rw-r--r--doc/tar.texi6
-rw-r--r--src/create.c2
-rw-r--r--tests/positional02.at3
4 files changed, 6 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/doc/tar.1 b/doc/tar.1
index 4eaea0ca..180f4cbb 100644
--- a/doc/tar.1
+++ b/doc/tar.1
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
.\"
.\" You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
.\" along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-.TH TAR 1 "July 13, 2020" "TAR" "GNU TAR Manual"
+.TH TAR 1 "February 15, 2022" "TAR" "GNU TAR Manual"
.SH NAME
tar \- an archiving utility
.SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -1168,7 +1168,7 @@ Keywords applicable for \fBtar --create\fR:
"%s: file is unchanged; not dumped"
.TP
.B ignore-archive
-"%s: file is the archive; not dumped"
+"%s: archive cannot contain itself; not dumped"
.TP
.B file-removed
"%s: File removed before we read it"
diff --git a/doc/tar.texi b/doc/tar.texi
index e9564b69..a70e8898 100644
--- a/doc/tar.texi
+++ b/doc/tar.texi
@@ -4634,11 +4634,9 @@ Disable all warning messages.
@item file-unchanged
@samp{%s: file is unchanged; not dumped}
@kwindex ignore-archive
-@cindex @samp{file is the archive; not dumped}, warning message
-@kwindex ignore-archive
-@cindex @samp{file is the archive; not dumped}, warning message
+@cindex @samp{archive cannot contain itself; not dumped}, warning message
@item ignore-archive
-@samp{%s: file is the archive; not dumped}
+@samp{%s: archive cannot contain itself; not dumped}
@kwindex file-removed
@cindex @samp{File removed before we read it}, warning message
@item file-removed
diff --git a/src/create.c b/src/create.c
index 1ffc3281..30db2b5c 100644
--- a/src/create.c
+++ b/src/create.c
@@ -1723,7 +1723,7 @@ dump_file0 (struct tar_stat_info *st, char const *name, char const *p)
if (sys_file_is_archive (st))
{
WARNOPT (WARN_IGNORE_ARCHIVE,
- (0, 0, _("%s: file is the archive; not dumped"),
+ (0, 0, _("%s: archive cannot contain itself; not dumped"),
quotearg_colon (p)));
return;
}
diff --git a/tests/positional02.at b/tests/positional02.at
index fa626027..ac1ed7b7 100644
--- a/tests/positional02.at
+++ b/tests/positional02.at
@@ -39,11 +39,10 @@ tar -cf a.tar . -C dir
./A.b
./B.a
],
-[tar: ./a.tar: file is the archive; not dumped
+[tar: ./a.tar: archive cannot contain itself; not dumped
tar: The following options were used after any non-optional arguments in archive create or update mode. These options are positional and affect only arguments that follow them. Please, rearrange them properly.
tar: -C 'dir' has no effect
tar: Exiting with failure status due to previous errors
])
AT_CLEANUP
-