"Garrett D'Amore" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> If the extensions have escaped, then it is probably too late to do
> anything about it, and we just need to figure out a way to improve
> cooperation in the future.
>
> If they have _not_ escaped into Solaris 10, then can I suggest that
> Joerg, who's obviously an expert in these details, and who seems to care
> passionately about it, figure out how to reimplement the features to be
> more compliant with POSIX 2001.1? He can send diffs to the tar folks,
> and I _suspect_ that as long as code is delivered without animosity,
> that they will be happy to integrate the changes.
Well, in order to be able to suggest a different implementation, we would need
a documentation of the implementation in question. Such a documentation is not
available.
> In any case, fighting is not going to solve the problem.... we need to
> look constructively.
This is why I did propose to have a collaborate discussion.
Jörg
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