Cameron MacDonald ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> It has been pointed out to me that 'tar' has changed in at least one
> respect: I don't have to specify -z or -j anymore when untarring.
> It can now recognize whether it was crunched with gzip or bzip2, and
> extracts it automatically. Anyone else finding this to be true?
>
> The date on the 'man tar' page is now Feb 2005. How many years has
> it been since 'tar' last changed?
>
> Cameron
Check the Changelog for mdk 10.1 - lots of changes in may 2004
$> cat /usr/share/doc/tar-1.14/ChangeLog
2004-05-10 Sergey Poznyakoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
* configure.ac: Fixed prerequisite headers for sys/buf.h
(needed on FreeBSD)
* src/system.h: Likewise.
* tests/after (compare): Fixed argument quoting
under eval
* tests/before: Quote TAR_ARCHIVE_FORMATS
[...]
also many changes since then and in Dec. 2004
$> cat /usr/share/doc/tar-1.15.1/ChangeLog
2004-12-21 Sergey Poznyakoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
* configure.ac: Raise version number to 1.15.1
Check for locale.h
* NEWS: Entry for 1.15.1
* src/buffer.c: Bugfix. Changes introduced
2004-11-26
broke extraction from stdin.
* src/list.c (from_header, tar_checksum): Changed
declaration.
All callers updated.
* src/common.h: Likewise
* src/tar.c (main): Protect invocation of
setlocale by
ifdef.
[...]
Check there for the rest ;)
HTH
--
RickS
"People always say dropping the soap is a bad thing... I
think the problem is picking it up... so my advice is just
leave it down there.. " -Joseph David Fiedler
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