>From the same link: It's a feature of GNU tar. I don't know about competing implementations, but GNU tar should be the most relevant to ubuntu. gnu.org/software/tar/manual/tar.html#SEC131<http://www.gnu.org/software/tar/manual/tar.html#SEC131>
So we probably don't want to make that assumption, unless BSD tar also handles this? It's probably better to be explicit anyway. On Fri, Apr 5, 2013 at 11:36 AM, Vinod Kone <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > On April 5, 2013, 6:25 p.m., Benjamin Hindman wrote: > > > src/launcher/launcher.cpp, line 307 > > > < > https://reviews.apache.org/r/10286/diff/1/?file=277905#file277905line307> > > > > > > Is every distribution of tar smart enough to not need 'z'? > > The modern tar, afaict. > http://askubuntu.com/questions/92328/how-do-i-uncompress-a-tarball-that-uses-xz/107976#107976 > > > - Vinod > > > ----------------------------------------------------------- > This is an automatically generated e-mail. To reply, visit: > https://reviews.apache.org/r/10286/#review18717 > ----------------------------------------------------------- > > > On April 4, 2013, 6:12 p.m., Vinod Kone wrote: > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------- > > This is an automatically generated e-mail. To reply, visit: > > https://reviews.apache.org/r/10286/ > > ----------------------------------------------------------- > > > > (Updated April 4, 2013, 6:12 p.m.) > > > > > > Review request for mesos, Benjamin Hindman and Ben Mahler. > > > > > > Description > > ------- > > > > See summary. > > > > > > Diffs > > ----- > > > > hadoop/TUTORIAL.sh b0f77f3be622ed103778b165e906523430e8144a > > src/launcher/launcher.cpp eb8d6fb48c571ca10a7a057667b503e2723beef3 > > > > Diff: https://reviews.apache.org/r/10286/diff/ > > > > > > Testing > > ------- > > > > make check > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > Vinod Kone > > > > > >
