Date: Sun, 19 Jul 2009 09:54:59 +0200 From: John Hay <jhay@meraka.org.za> To: Tim Kientzle <kientzle@freebsd.org> Cc: "'freebsd-current@freebsd.org'" <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Joliet and release ISOs? Message-ID: <20090719075459.GA31256@zibbi.meraka.csir.co.za> In-Reply-To: <4A615602.4090000@freebsd.org> References: <4A615602.4090000@freebsd.org>
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On Fri, Jul 17, 2009 at 09:56:34PM -0700, Tim Kientzle wrote: > Do we need Joliet extensions on the release ISOs? > > 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. > > 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. > > There's a workaround that people can use for now: > tar xf image.iso --options=!joliet > disables the Joliet support. > > I'm curious whether removing the -J option from > /usr/src/release/*/mkisoimages.sh is an option. What is the reason for prefering Juliet in tar? Can't we just swap the preference? John -- John Hay -- jhay@meraka.csir.co.za / jhay@FreeBSD.org
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