From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Apr 5 17:21:14 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 14DD116A4CE for ; Tue, 5 Apr 2005 17:21:14 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail.gmx.net (mail.gmx.net [213.165.64.20]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 482DD43D62 for ; Tue, 5 Apr 2005 17:21:09 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from michaelnottebrock@gmx.net) Received: (qmail invoked by alias); 05 Apr 2005 17:21:07 -0000 Received: from p508BAF08.dip.t-dialin.net (EHLO lofi.dyndns.org) [80.139.175.8] by mail.gmx.net (mp009) with SMTP; 05 Apr 2005 19:21:07 +0200 X-Authenticated: #443188 Received: from kiste.my.domain (lofi@kiste.my.domain [192.168.8.4]) (authenticated bits=0) by lofi.dyndns.org (8.13.3/8.12.10) with ESMTP id j35HL5xO039032 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5 bits=128 verify=NO); Tue, 5 Apr 2005 19:21:05 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from michaelnottebrock@gmx.net) From: Michael Nottebrock To: David Schultz Date: Tue, 5 Apr 2005 19:21:00 +0200 User-Agent: KMail/1.8 References: <4243B57D.5050204@freebsd.org> <200504051833.08198.michaelnottebrock@gmx.net> <20050405164523.GA51452@VARK.MIT.EDU> In-Reply-To: <20050405164523.GA51452@VARK.MIT.EDU> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="nextPart6508258.26rqqavzBQ"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200504051921.04478.michaelnottebrock@gmx.net> X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0 cc: "Conrad J. Sabatier" cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG cc: Tim Kientzle Subject: Re: Heads up: gtar gone from base system X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 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: Tue, 05 Apr 2005 17:21:14 -0000 --nextPart6508258.26rqqavzBQ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline On Tuesday, 5. April 2005 18:45, David Schultz wrote: > On Tue, Apr 05, 2005, Michael Nottebrock wrote: > > On Tuesday, 5. April 2005 17:33, Tim Kientzle wrote: > > > David Schultz wrote: > > > > ... a quick fix would be to accept --use-compress-program as > > > > an undocumented option and ignore it. > > > > > > Tempting, tempting.... ;-/ > > > > Not one bit, IMHO. I can't imagine a single case where something would > > use --use-compress-program and it would continue to work if the tar in > > question simply ignored it. > > Why not? If libarchive supports the compression format, it will > automatically detect it and perform the appropriate decompression. Ok, I didn't know tar -xf will actually extract anything that libarchive=20 manages to make some sense of. =2D-=20 ,_, | Michael Nottebrock | lofi@freebsd.org (/^ ^\) | FreeBSD - The Power to Serve | http://www.freebsd.org \u/ | K Desktop Environment on FreeBSD | http://freebsd.kde.org --nextPart6508258.26rqqavzBQ Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBCUskAXhc68WspdLARAn0tAJwIn1LW5hyLRzJb5oPlSFuGMKTDJQCghqTJ ti0xJRdj1YgIwrIwUwIe9/U= =/NhK -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart6508258.26rqqavzBQ--