I'm satisfied with this solution, and will work with Paul to deliver an implementation for Debian as soon as possible.
Bdale ------- Forwarded Message Date: Tue, 9 Jan 2001 12:49:43 -0800 (PST) From: Paul Eggert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: can we get rid of -I entirely, please? > From: Bdale Garbee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Mon, 08 Jan 2001 09:18:51 -0700 > > After lots of discussion on the Debian developer mailing lists, the > solution that I think makes the most sense is: > > the -I option be removed from the documentation and usage messages > > use of -I becomes an error that communicates that -j is the right > option for bzip2, and -T is the equivalent of -I in Solaris tar > > I think this meets everyone's needs. OK, you talked me into this for the next tar version. This will give people time to switch. We can then reintroduce -I as an alias for -T in a later version of GNU tar. ------- End of Forwarded Message
