From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jul 18 09:52:10 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B7FDD1065675; Sat, 18 Jul 2009 09:52:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kostikbel@gmail.com) Received: from mail.zoral.com.ua (skuns.zoral.com.ua [91.193.166.194]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 31A5E8FC22; Sat, 18 Jul 2009 09:52:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kostikbel@gmail.com) Received: from deviant.kiev.zoral.com.ua (root@deviant.kiev.zoral.com.ua [10.1.1.148]) by mail.zoral.com.ua (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id n6I9q4EW030260 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Sat, 18 Jul 2009 12:52:04 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from kostikbel@gmail.com) Received: from deviant.kiev.zoral.com.ua (kostik@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by deviant.kiev.zoral.com.ua (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id n6I9q40q066427; Sat, 18 Jul 2009 12:52:04 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from kostikbel@gmail.com) Received: (from kostik@localhost) by deviant.kiev.zoral.com.ua (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id n6I9q46P066426; Sat, 18 Jul 2009 12:52:04 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from kostikbel@gmail.com) X-Authentication-Warning: deviant.kiev.zoral.com.ua: kostik set sender to kostikbel@gmail.com using -f Date: Sat, 18 Jul 2009 12:52:04 +0300 From: Kostik Belousov To: Tim Kientzle Message-ID: <20090718095204.GF55190@deviant.kiev.zoral.com.ua> References: <4A615602.4090000@freebsd.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="43OYJa0sOD6b/JJw" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4A615602.4090000@freebsd.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Virus-Scanned: clamav-milter 0.95.2 at skuns.kiev.zoral.com.ua X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.4 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.2.5 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.5 (2008-06-10) on skuns.kiev.zoral.com.ua Cc: "'freebsd-current@freebsd.org'" Subject: Re: Joliet and release ISOs? X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 18 Jul 2009 09:52:11 -0000 --43OYJa0sOD6b/JJw Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, Jul 17, 2009 at 09:56:34PM -0700, Tim Kientzle wrote: > Do we need Joliet extensions on the release ISOs? >=20 > The reason I ask is a little involved: jkim@ recently > pointed out to me that tar in -CURRENT can no longer > extract symlinks from the release ISOs. >=20 > I tracked this down to the fact that the release ISOs > have both Joliet and RockRidge extensions and tar now > supports (and actually prefers) Joliet extensions when > it sees them. Joliet doesn't support symlinks, so tar > doesn't see symlinks on disks with both kinds of extensions. >=20 > There's a workaround that people can use for now: > tar xf image.iso --options=3D!joliet > disables the Joliet support. >=20 > I'm curious whether removing the -J option from > /usr/src/release/*/mkisoimages.sh is an option. Having Joliet is very useful for somebody who reads the CD/DVD on Windows computer. I think this shall not be changed, favoring novice (or future) users of FreeBSD there, as opposing of relatively advanced FreeBSD users, who already know about tar supporting .iso reading, and can learn --options=3D!joliet trick. >=20 > In the longer term, I'd like to find a better way for > tar to handle disks that include both kinds of extensions, > but that will take a while to implement. >=20 > Tim > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" --43OYJa0sOD6b/JJw Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkphm0MACgkQC3+MBN1Mb4jR8wCgydj2xl2TYNQ5WgYUByTBZ16z NNoAnjFWl/9RQa3j3lIiYlPHdkC+fQLD =Z1+3 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --43OYJa0sOD6b/JJw--