Gene Heskett wrote: > On Wednesday 19 July 2006 01:20, Frank Smith wrote: >> Olivier Nicole wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> I have put together the following srcipt >>> http://www.cs.ait.ac.th/~on/testgtar to help testing exclude >>> patterns in GNU tar. >>> >>> This is a simple Perl script, that should run on any installation; >>> but I'd like to receive comments about the way I could improve it >>> (this not working being first candidate for improvement :) >> I haven't had a chance to test the script yet, but since I ran across >> this thread about changes in GNU tar from the Debian developers list >> <http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2006/06/msg01108.html> default >> pattern matching action in tar 1.19, it is important for everyone to >> check to be sure your includes/excludes still do what they used to. >> >> Frank > > tar-1.19? What happened to 1.16 thru 1.18? Its normally about 3 years > per whole point increment...
Not sure what I was thinking while I was typing, that should be tar 1.15.91 Frank -- Frank Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sr. Systems Administrator Voice: 512-374-4673 Hoover's Online Fax: 512-374-4501
