Re: tar -I incompatibility
On Mon, Jan 08, 2001 at 12:12:59AM +1100, Sam Couter wrote:
> Don't run unstable if you don't like stuff changing or breaking.
> Unstable breaks stuff from time to time. It changes stuff more often than
> that.
This is a bit different, Sam. The I switch works in tar in potato.
Your comment would apply if this were a temporary change and I would
again work (ie compress with bzip2) by the time woody is released,
but that's not the intention, is it?
Frankly, I don't see why gnu tar needs to be compatible with
OS-specific versions because most of those are feature-poor anyway.
I agree with the suggestion that we modify tar for Debian to
provide -I at least for compatibility for one more release.
Hamish
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