Will the Gnu 'tar' released with SuSE 6.1 have support for bzip archives
(often names like foobar.tar.bz2, compare to foobar.tar.gz)?
So that you can like, extract etc. with commands like:
tar ytvf foobar.tar.bz2
tar yxvf foobar.tar.bz2
Last time (december 1998) I check Gnu's tar, the 'y' flag still had to
be put in with a patch from the bzip2 site.
Eric Maryniak
(fyi: here's my install log of how i built a bzip2 aware Gnu tar
december 1998 (corrections are welcome, but it works for me a 100%),
'+' is your prompt:
Installed bzip2-0.9.0c and patch for Gnu tar 1.12 (reinstall).
Bzip2 is far a better compressor than gzip, and is rapidly gaining
popularity, url: http://www.muraroa.demon.co.uk/
Also reinstall Gnu tar 1.12 with a patch which adds the bzip `y' flag.
1. bzip2
+ make
The 4 compare tests must be ok. Install as follows:
+ mv bzip2 bzip2recover /usr/local/bin/.
+ mv bzip2.1 /usr/local/man/man1/.
+ ( cd /usr/local/bin && rm -f bunzip2 bzcat )
+ ( cd /usr/local/bin; ln -s bzip2 bunzip2; ln -s bzip2 bzcat )
2. Gnu tar 1.12 patch.
Get the bzip patch for Gnu tar 1.12:
http://www.muraroa.demon.co.uk/gnutarpatch.txt
following instructions "4. Using bzip2 with tar" from
http://www.best.com/~dfetter/Bzip2-HOWTO/Bzip2-HOWTO-4.html
and given here. Unpack Gnu tar-1.12 source and then:
+ cd tar-1.12/src
+ patch < ../../gnutarpatch.txt
+ cd ..
+ ./configure && make && make install
Flag for bzip is always `y' where you would use `x' for gzip:
tar ycvf foo-4.2.tar.bz2 foo-4.2 (create a bzip-ped tar file)
tar yxvf foo-4.2.tar.bz2 (extract a bzip-ped tar file)
)
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