On Thu, Jun 16, 2005 at 05:48:01PM -0400, Bryan Kadzban wrote: > > > Doesn't tar require the -Z option to decompress .tar.Z files? I thought > it did. Or is this the "tar-1.15.1 and newer" comment? The info page > (1.15.1) doesn't say anything about automagically guessing the file type...
It is auto detected. And it does indeed fail. I'm going to BZ this so it doesn't get missed. I can't believe after all these years no one has either tried to untar a .tar.Z or has reported this problem... Perhaps tar has changed its internals in this respect. Thanks for the bug report, Martins. -- Archaic Want control, education, and security from your operating system? Hardened Linux From Scratch http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/hlfs -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page
