Stephan Kulow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > I think it would be a good idea to teach tar to unpack bzip2 files via > > the -z option, just as if it would be gzip. Alternativly one could > > teach gzip to use bzip2 for .bz2 archives or teach dpkg to distinguish > > between the two. > > > > The main advantage would be that one could use tar.bz2 for deb > > packages without altering dpkg and thereby save a lot of space. > > > > Whats the general opinion about this and is maybe somebody already > > working on it? > > > I think, you could save some space, but the installation time of Debian > would increase dramaticly. I wouldn't like to see this. While it would be > a big plus for ftp users, it would be a big minus for CD users. > > BTW: tar can handle bz2 files. you can use --use-compress-program=bzip2.
That option isn't working properly with bzip2 but hopefully bzip2 is now supported by tar ie tar cIf tar xIf tar tIf [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~ $ tar --help | grep zip -I, --bzip2, --bunzip2 filter the archive through bzip2 -z, --gzip, --ungzip filter the archive through gzip [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~ $ > > Greets, Stephan > > -- > Stephan Kulow ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > Student of medical CS > Medical University of Luebeck (MFCH) > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
