From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jul 19 07:55:03 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 9CFDB106564A; Sun, 19 Jul 2009 07:55:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jhay@meraka.csir.co.za) Received: from zibbi.meraka.csir.co.za (zibbi.meraka.csir.co.za [IPv6:2001:4200:7000:2::1]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E26418FC0C; Sun, 19 Jul 2009 07:55:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jhay@meraka.csir.co.za) Received: by zibbi.meraka.csir.co.za (Postfix, from userid 3973) id E6C6E33CB8; Sun, 19 Jul 2009 09:54:59 +0200 (SAST) Date: Sun, 19 Jul 2009 09:54:59 +0200 From: John Hay To: Tim Kientzle Message-ID: <20090719075459.GA31256@zibbi.meraka.csir.co.za> References: <4A615602.4090000@freebsd.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4A615602.4090000@freebsd.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i 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: Sun, 19 Jul 2009 07:55:04 -0000 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