On 2018-01-03, Torsten Curdt wrote: > Someone raised an issue over at jdeb
> https://github.com/tcurdt/jdeb/issues/241 [WRT to that issue, LONGFILE_POSIX should be the preferred option if it works in debs. LONGFILE_GNU is considered deprecated even by GNU tar.] > and I have to say I was a little confused about the docs on the AR support > in compress > https://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-compress/examples.html >> Commons Compress 1.0 to 1.2 can only read archives using the GNU/SRV4 >> variant, support for the BSD variant has been added in Commons Compress >> 1.3. Commons Compress 1.3 also optionally supports writing archives with >> file names longer than 16 characters using the BSD dialect, writing the >> SVR4/GNU dialect is not supported. Please help us improve it. To me (the one who wrote the paragraph) it is totally clear. ;-) Should it explicitly state that all versions of Compress can read and write the original format that is limited to 16 char names? > Is this what it means? > 1.0: > Original: r/w > GNU/SRV4: r > BSD: unsupported > 1.2: > Original: r/w > GNU/SRV4: r > BSD: unsupported > 1.3+: > Original: r/w > GNU/SRV4: r > BSD: r/w Yes. Stefan --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org
