Joseph Kowalski <jek3 at sun.com> wrote:
> Joerg Schilling wrote:
> > Adding "-/" to Sun tar was denied by me for good reasons: it breaks
> > compatibility.
> >
> Actually, wasn't this allowed for star, but would be required to allow
> star to replace tar.
> Wasn't that this issue? (Which also explains why gnu got what you seen
> to believe was
> preferential treatment.)
PSARC 2004/480 of course did allow "-/" for star.
This is why the attempt to indroduce a different meaning for Sun tar was
rejected.
J?rg
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