On Monday 12 September 2005 20:28, Sergey Poznyakoff wrote: > Clarence Dang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I just discovered that tar 1.14 enabled the opposite of > > "--no-overwrite-dir" by default. This is an unexpected and subtle change > > in behavior. > > The change in question was mage on 2001-09-24 in order to make the > default GNU tar behavior compatible with that of another existing tar > implementations. > > It was discussed on the list and is explicitely documented in NEWS file.
But that's just the problem: In general, not everyone is on the list and almost nobody reads documentation. Changing subtle behaviour is dangerous as DOSEMU has shown. But ultimately, this is up to you. Clarence [please CC me on replies] _______________________________________________ Bug-tar mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-tar
