Any objections for supporting write_opt=nodir for ustar archives?
Another option for Ruby gems will be going with GNU tar. :(
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WBR,
Vadim Zhukov
Index: options.c
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RCS file: /cvs/src/bin/pax/options.c,v
retrieving revision 1.76
diff -u -p -r1.76 options.c
--- options.c 4 Dec 2012 02:24:45 -0000 1.76
+++ options.c 26 Mar 2013 16:16:45 -0000
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ FSUB fsub[] = {
/* 5: POSIX USTAR */
{"ustar", 10240, BLKMULT, 0, 1, BLKMULT, 0, ustar_id, ustar_strd,
ustar_rd, tar_endrd, ustar_stwr, ustar_wr, tar_endwr, tar_trail,
- rd_wrfile, wr_rdfile, bad_opt},
+ rd_wrfile, wr_rdfile, tar_opt},
};
#define F_OCPIO 0 /* format when called as cpio -6 */
#define F_ACPIO 1 /* format when called as cpio -c */
Index: tar.c
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RCS file: /cvs/src/bin/pax/tar.c,v
retrieving revision 1.44
diff -u -p -r1.44 tar.c
--- tar.c 4 Dec 2012 02:24:45 -0000 1.44
+++ tar.c 26 Mar 2013 16:16:45 -0000
@@ -914,6 +914,12 @@ ustar_wr(ARCHD *arcn)
}
/*
+ * user asked that dirs not be written to the archive
+ */
+ if (arcn->type == PAX_DIR && tar_nodir)
+ return (1);
+
+ /*
* check the length of the linkname
*/
if (((arcn->type == PAX_SLK) || (arcn->type == PAX_HLK) ||
