I have had many problems with Java-based TAR solutions. I often use this where 
I can:

https://github.com/airlift/airship/blob/master/airship-shared/src/main/java/io/airlift/airship/shared/FileUtils.java

On Jun 2, 2014, at 7:15 PM, Dan Tran <[email protected]> wrote:

> BTW,
> 
> I never have good luck with plexus-archiver, and always ended up to
> implement my own 'unpack' using native tar to speed up the build and also
> reserve the softlinks in the archive.
> 
> So am asking the user list to see if there any interests in this feature to
> give enough incentive to implement it
> 
> Thanks
> 
> -D
> 
> 
> 
> On Mon, Jun 2, 2014 at 4:08 PM, Dan Tran <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
>> Hi Alex,  I will find a good sample file for you.
>> 
>> Thanks
>> 
>> -D
>> 
>> 
>> On Mon, Jun 2, 2014 at 3:57 PM, Alexander Kriegisch <
>> [email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>>> Oh, I see, multiple options. Okay, then yes - maintenance nightmare. I
>>> think we should not easily give up Java's idea of platform independence and
>>> Maven's whole point: creating standardised, repeatable builds.
>>> 
>>> If your idea is a reaction on your latest tar.gz problems, maybe we can
>>> find another solution for it. You have not reacted on my offer to inspect
>>> your files and see if I have an idea how to fix that in Java. :-)
>>> --
>>> Alexander Kriegisch
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> Am 03.06.2014 um 00:48 schrieb Dan Tran <[email protected]>:
>>>> 
>>>> correct,   I would expect user to install tar.exe or cygwin with tar on
>>>> windows and activate the option.  By default, it still uses
>>> plexus-archiver
>>>> to unpack
>>>> 
>>>> -D
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On Mon, Jun 2, 2014 at 3:42 PM, Alexander Kriegisch <
>>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> Windows does not have tar by default. You need to install Git (incl.
>>> Git
>>>>> Bash), Cygwin, GnuWin32 or similar. I would not expect any user to
>>> have tar
>>>>> installed at all or if so then in any predictable location or even
>>>>> reachable via PATH.
>>>>> --
>>>>> Alexander Kriegisch
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>>> Am 03.06.2014 um 00:36 schrieb Dan Tran <[email protected]>:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> I am think of enhancing maven-dependency-plugin by adding option  to
>>>>> unpack
>>>>>> 'tar' like artifact using native tar since it is faster and reserve
>>> soft
>>>>>> links (?)
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Thoughts? would it be a maintaining night mare??
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Thanks
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> -Dan
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Thanks,

Jason

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