On 2020-05-18 16:44:24+0200, Quentin Rameau <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > > > Dear Michael, > > > > > Thanks for the patch, Ethan. > > > > > > This patch looks fine to me, but seeing as we used to support this > > > usage before it was reverted in [0], I'd like to see if anyone else > > > has comments. The approach you used avoids the code duplication that > > > may have been the motivation for its removal. > > > > I have objections for this patch. I don't like the old style and it's > > horribly annoying with tools like unrar and 7z as well. I don't know > > why the compression tools all ignore years of established command line > > syntax, but I think we shouldn't chime in to this mad play. > > I agree too we shouldn't pass that in. > > One purpose of writing sbase is to guide people into using tools in a > “POSIX-ly” correct manner. > If we just let in all syntax around then it defeats that purpose.
Sorry, but isn't no-dash is the one specified by POSIX: https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/7908799/xcu/tar.html Please excuse my ignorance, I couldn't find newer specification. -- Danh
