From: Mark Eichin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > and note that unlike tar, cp -a will actually *handle* pathnames over > 100 characters
Well, we've beaten this dead horse for long enough.
I think GNU tar will handle over-100-character filenames. There is an
extension to the tar format to handle them. However, my
"tar-in-a-function" that I wrote for dpkg does not have that extension,
which is why dpkg won't handle it.
Thanks
Bruce
