In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you wrote: :> Debian tar has a patch which hands off files to bzip2 if the -I option is :> passed to it.
: Why wasn't the -z option expanded to recognize the bzip2 signature? : That would seem to be a better solution to me. Because the options are used both on compress and decompress, and it's not obvious how to pick a compression engine on the compression side. It's also not clear that changing an existing option's definition without the upstream maintainer's involvement is a good idea. Bdale -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
