Add option to generate Posix tar files.
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Key: MASSEMBLY-479
URL: http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MASSEMBLY-479
Project: Maven 2.x Assembly Plugin
Issue Type: Improvement
Environment: AIX, systems using Posix tar utility.
Reporter: Jamie Goodyear
On some systems gnu tar utility is not present however posix tar does exist. It
would be nice if we could specify as a target "ptar" as a file format to allow
users of the assembly plugin to generate this particular kind of tar file. As a
note, using posix tar to extract a gnu tar file results in truncated files and
other anomalies.
The difference in tar format is described here in detail
http://www.delorie.com/gnu/docs/tar/tar_114.html
As a work around for users that need an archive format, but can not use zip or
gnu tar, they can try building their files into a jar file. The jar utility can
then be used to extract the contents.
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