We're unlikely to want to run the extra steps to do the test all the time, and it would complicate the module considerably, I'd accept a PR to add a hint to the unarchive module though.
On Tue, Jun 17, 2014 at 3:29 AM, Leibo <[email protected]> wrote: > > Just encountered this on a HP-UX server... > > ansible -i inventory/test_hosts rx2600-hpux11iv3-x64 -u root -m shell -a > "which tar" > > rx2600-hpux11iv3-x64 | success | rc=0 >> > /usr/bin/tar > > I suppose it would be nice to test the detected tar command flags, if we > detect a 'z' option, use it, if not - do this in 2 steps - uncomress and > unarchive > > # ansible -i inventory/test_hosts rx2600-hpux11iv3-x64 -u root -m shell -a > "tar z" > xavi-rx2600-hpux11iv3-x64 | FAILED | rc=1 >> > *tar: z: unknown option* > > And failover to a 2 step solution. > > > > On Sunday, January 19, 2014 3:27:22 AM UTC+2, Brian Coca wrote: >> >> So it seems the big issue is having the compression support in tar (as >> GNU tar has), for other implementations we would need to always call the >> decompression program (gzip, etc). >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Ansible Project" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/f6f28733-af68-412b-9ca4-1e9085eac1dd%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/f6f28733-af68-412b-9ca4-1e9085eac1dd%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ansible Project" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/CA%2BnsWgwaPdVR4N12dhG%2BG1byjWhFA%3DwN7heZ1LU1hmFGyDvJ8w%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
