Date: Tue, 5 Apr 2005 19:21:00 +0200 From: Michael Nottebrock <michaelnottebrock@gmx.net> To: David Schultz <das@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: Tim Kientzle <kientzle@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Heads up: gtar gone from base system Message-ID: <200504051921.04478.michaelnottebrock@gmx.net> In-Reply-To: <20050405164523.GA51452@VARK.MIT.EDU> References: <4243B57D.5050204@freebsd.org> <200504051833.08198.michaelnottebrock@gmx.net> <20050405164523.GA51452@VARK.MIT.EDU>
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--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--
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