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-rw-r--r--src/virtBootstrap/utils.py6
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/virtBootstrap/utils.py b/src/virtBootstrap/utils.py
index 63ef57a..66cd301 100644
--- a/src/virtBootstrap/utils.py
+++ b/src/virtBootstrap/utils.py
@@ -106,7 +106,11 @@ def safe_untar(src, dest):
# Compression type is auto detected from tar
# Exclude files under /dev to avoid "Cannot mknod: Operation not permitted"
- params = ['--', '/bin/tar', 'xf', src, '-C', '/mnt', '--exclude', 'dev/*']
+ # Note: Here we use --absolute-names flag to get around the error message
+ # "Cannot open: Permission denied" when symlynks are extracted, with the
+ # qemu:/// driver. This flag must not be used outside virt-sandbox.
+ params = ['--', '/bin/tar', 'xf', src, '-C', '/mnt', '--exclude', 'dev/*',
+ '--overwrite', '--absolute-names']
execute(virt_sandbox + params)