>>> "Paul" == Paul Eggert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Paul> Alexandre Duret-Lutz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] selects the new pax format defined by POSIX >> +1003.1-2001. It supports filenames with up to 65535 characters. Paul> Hmm, where did that "65535" come from? I don't know of any limit of Paul> 65535 bytes (presumably you meant bytes, not characters) that is Paul> required by POSIX. I read that in the Heirloom pax manpage http://heirloom.sourceforge.net/man/pax.1.html Maybe its maintainer can enlighten us. Paul> Also, there are moves to change the pax format (so far in an Paul> upward-compatible way, but you never know....). Perhaps you should Paul> mention that "tar-pax" is intended to be the most recent version of Paul> the pax interchange format, not necessarily the 2001 version. (This Paul> problem probably afflicts the GNU tar documentation as well....) Will do. >> + cpio) >> + am__tar='find "$$tardir" -print | cpio -H $1 -L -o' >> + am__tar_='find "$tardir" -print | cpio -H $1 -L -o' >> + am__untar='cpio -i' Paul> Wouldn't it be safer to use 'cpio -H tar -i' rather than 'cpio -i'? Paul> The latter autodetects, but I worry that autodetection isn't infallible. Paul> (I don't know about cpio to be sure here.) It shouldn't hurt. -- Alexandre Duret-Lutz
