--format=xz is always accepted on archive write and recognized on archive read

below $path is $PATH with the xz installation dir elided

(t) PATH=$path pax -wvf t.txz -x xz ~/.profile 
pax: t.txz: cannot execute xz filter
(t) xPATH=$path pax -wvf t.txz -x xz ~/.profile
/home/gsf/.profile
1 file, 30 blocks
(t) PATH=$path pax -vf t.txz                   
pax: t.txz: xz: command required to read compressed archive
(t) xPATH=$path pax -vf t.txz
t.txz in xz pax format
-rw-r--r--  1 gsf      gsf        11651 May 25 00:54 /home/gsf/.profile
1 file, 30 blocks

On Fri, 25 May 2012 21:15:39 +0200 Lionel Cons wrote:
> On 24 May 2012 22:33, Glenn Fowler <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > this will be in the next release
> > it requires the standalone xz command to do the (de)compression

> Thanks. Have you checked that pax fails gracefully if xz support is
> enabled but someone deinstalled te xz package?

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