Joerg Schilling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Could you explain why you don't like to support a OS version that > has been published in 1994 while at the same time still using > an default archive format that has been reported to the GNU tar > maintainers as being the cause of compatibility problems between > 1994 & 1994?
The default format of archives created by GNU tar is set at configure time, so there's no use arguing about it. > If GNU tar would by default create POSIX.1-1988 tar archives, > I had no problems with the /usr/gnu/bin/tar link. So let me ask > again: is there a chance for this move in gtar? Should Solaris maintainers/packagers wish to use POSIX.1-1988 format, they'd configure tar as follows: ./configure DEFAULT_ARCHIVE_FORMAT=USTAR -Sergey _______________________________________________ Bug-tar mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-tar
