Date: Thu, 8 Apr 1999 21:45:56 -0500 (CDT) From: gljohns@bellsouth.net To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: gnu/11038: tar needs bzip2 to use tar -y Message-ID: <199904090245.VAA42395@gforce.johnson.home>
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>Number: 11038 >Category: gnu >Synopsis: tar needs bzip2 from ports >Confidential: no >Severity: critical >Priority: high >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: change-request >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Thu Apr 8 19:50:00 PDT 1999 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Glenn Johnson >Release: FreeBSD 4.0-CURRENT i386 >Organization: >Environment: >Description: The tar command now has the -y flag for handling bzip2 archives. However, bzip2 is a port. It doesn't seem like a utility in the base system should depend on a port for any part of its functionality. >How-To-Repeat: Try to use tar -y when bzip2 is not installed from the port. >Fix: Not sure. Add bzip2 to base system, remove -y flag from tar, or have tar output a nice error message when tar -y is attempted without bzip2 present. >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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