Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2014 12:28:13 -0700 (PDT) From: "Chris H" <bsd-lists@bsdforge.com> To: "Peter Wemm" <peter@wemm.org> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: did tar(1) loose xz compression support in 11? Message-ID: <dc60c6e467412ae8c8c4ba043039b270.authenticated@ultimatedns.net> In-Reply-To: <53FCD7B8.5060300@wemm.org> References: <cc981009f9a7332a7aad557c6a2ed216.authenticated@ultimatedns.net> <53FCD7B8.5060300@wemm.org>
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> On 8/26/14 11:05 AM, Chris H wrote: >> Greetings, >> I'm currently testing 11. My build / install is from about 2 days ago. >> I generally use xz compression, when creating archives. But when I >> attempt the following: >> >> tar -cvJ --options xz:9 -f ./archive-name.tar.xz ./file >> >> it returns the following: >> >> tar: Undefined option: `xz:9' >> >> This has always worked in previous versions. Has the syntax changed, >> and the man(1) pages just haven't caught up? > > I use: > tar -cJ --options xz:compression-level=1 > .. on head. Are you using the right syntax? Apparently not. Using your example works as expected. RELENG_8, and RELENG_9 use short-hand; tar -cvJ --options xz:9 Why/when the change to long-hand? Seems a shame. Now I get to modify all my scripts, and such. :P Altho I don't suppose it'd be a big deal to back out (revert) the changes made to tar(1). :) Thank you, very much, Peter. For taking the time to respond. --Chris > > -- > Peter Wemm - peter@wemm.org; peter@FreeBSD.org; peter@yahoo-inc.com; KI6FJV > >
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