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+# Process this file with autom4te to create testsuite. -*- Autotest -*-
+
+# Test suite for GNU tar.
+# Copyright 2015 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+# This file is part of GNU tar.
+
+# GNU tar is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+
+# GNU tar is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+# Description: Test interaction of --recursion and --no-recursion options
+# together with --files-from option. This is complementary to recurs02.at test
+# case. References:
+# <alpine.LSU.2.11.1502201029580.29773@nerf60.vanv.qr>
+# http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-tar/2015-06/msg00006.html
+
+AT_SETUP([files-from & recurse: toggle])
+AT_KEYWORDS([recurse T-recurse files-from])
+
+AT_TAR_CHECK([
+mkdir directory1 directory2
+touch directory1/file directory2/file
+
+AT_DATA([F1],[--no-recursion
+directory1/
+--recursion
+directory2/
+])
+
+AT_DATA([F2A],[directory1/
+])
+
+AT_DATA([F2B],[directory2/
+])
+
+a=archive
+tar cf "$a" --files-from F1
+tar tf "$a"
+
+a=archive2
+tar cf "$a" --no-recursion -T F2A --recursion -T F2B
+tar tf "$a"
+],
+[0],
+[directory1/
+directory2/
+directory2/file
+directory1/
+directory2/
+directory2/file
+])
+
+AT_CLEANUP
+
+# Tar is not yet ready to properly handle --{,no-}recursion options if those are
+# set both as program arguments and from within --files-from file. The problem
+# is that content of -T argument is parsed too late; solution to this would
+# require additional NELT_* type implemented to allow handling of --recursion
+# option similarly to how the -C option is processed now.
+
+AT_SETUP([toggle --recursion (not) from -T])
+AT_KEYWORDS([recurse T-recurse T-recurse2 files-from])
+
+AT_TAR_CHECK([
+mkdir directory1 directory2
+touch directory1/file directory2/file
+
+AT_DATA([F1],[--no-recursion
+directory1/
+])
+
+AT_DATA([F2],[directory2/
+])
+
+tar cf archive -T F1 --recursion -T F2
+tar tf archive
+
+AT_XFAIL_IF([true])
+],
+[0],
+[directory1/
+directory2/
+directory2/file
+])
+
+AT_CLEANUP