From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Nov 20 07:34:28 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7E8E11065670 for ; Sun, 20 Nov 2011 07:34:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (smtp6.infracaninophile.co.uk [IPv6:2001:8b0:151:1:3fd3:cd67:fafa:3d78]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DE5308FC0A for ; Sun, 20 Nov 2011 07:34:27 +0000 (UTC) Received: from seedling.black-earth.co.uk (seedling.black-earth.co.uk [81.187.76.163]) (authenticated bits=0) by smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id pAK7YIl4051215 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-CAMELLIA256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Sun, 20 Nov 2011 07:34:19 GMT (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) X-DKIM: OpenDKIM Filter v2.4.1 smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk pAK7YIl4051215 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=infracaninophile.co.uk; s=201001-infracaninophile; t=1321774459; bh=piyUTauBB2P3xDoPI/aVTwlJTN9D5sXEKQZBgvmJq7o=; h=Message-ID:Date:From:MIME-Version:To:Subject:References: In-Reply-To:Content-Type:Cc; b=FLRJRWADDo17xpG5Gq4yl4ML62+Zp7o9/Pp/5+8XyzOyvf9rNFg93Q03UIfPwODrS 8Pg0he3dqebgstjLtOKe06aJ1qx+NLwKCnsjjgEw7KIsPgbCmkslgN+S9AxJ9mwlFl zsI53C1HZKCkh5+TZUrNp3VNvwArwrCwGxcNic1I= Message-ID: <4EC8AD6E.9000305@infracaninophile.co.uk> Date: Sun, 20 Nov 2011 07:34:06 +0000 From: Matthew Seaman User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.6; rv:8.0) Gecko/20111105 Thunderbird/8.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <20111119223633.GD13594@itcom245.staff.itd.umich.edu> In-Reply-To: <20111119223633.GD13594@itcom245.staff.itd.umich.edu> X-Enigmail-Version: 1.3.3 OpenPGP: id=60AE908C Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enig2F0142CF202CD59EBEAF588F" X-Virus-Scanned: clamav-milter 0.97.3 at lucid-nonsense.infracaninophile.co.uk X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_05,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,SPF_FAIL autolearn=no version=3.3.2 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.2 (2011-06-06) on lucid-nonsense.infracaninophile.co.uk Subject: Re: where to ask about problems with bsdinstall in 9.0RC2? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 20 Nov 2011 07:34:28 -0000 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enig2F0142CF202CD59EBEAF588F Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 19/11/2011 22:36, William Bulley wrote: > Possible, but unlikely. Plus I doubt that 'tar -tvf base.txz' without = a > pipe having an "xzcat(1)" in front of the "tar(1)" command. Maybe ther= e > is an "xz" option for tar(1) during extraction mode, but my tar(1) man > page doesn't list any, sigh... It does list -y and -z options for othe= r > compression/decompression modes, hmmm.... :-( bsdtar(1) -- accept no substitutes. Well, actually, it's libarchive which bsdtar is built on top of. It automatically recognizes most compression formats and most types of data archive -- including a few that you probably wouldn't have thought of in that context. Try running it against a .iso CDRom image. Cheers, Matthew --=20 Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 7 Priory Courtyard Flat 3 PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Ramsgate JID: matthew@infracaninophile.co.uk Kent, CT11 9PW --------------enig2F0142CF202CD59EBEAF588F Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG/MacGPG2 v2.0.16 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAk7IrXoACgkQ8Mjk52CukIxjyQCeP81qTlryfCk7OFucRPIH5wXe eGMAnj5ikN0LfUxYcZhl+2NCdVTSZB5O =10/w -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enig2F0142CF202CD59EBEAF588F--