diff -ur tar-1.13.19.orig/src/extract.c tar-1.13.19/src/extract.c
--- tar-1.13.19.orig/src/extract.c	Sat Jan 13 08:59:29 2001
+++ tar-1.13.19/src/extract.c	Sat Sep 28 15:37:33 2002
@@ -850,7 +850,7 @@
 	break;

       if (absolute_names_option
-	  || (ISSLASH (current_link_name
+	  || (! ISSLASH (current_link_name
 		       [FILESYSTEM_PREFIX_LEN (current_link_name)])
 	      && ! contains_dot_dot (current_link_name)))
 	{