On Jan 16, 2014, at 12:00 PM, parmenides wrote: > (1) In Preface, "vii. Host System Requirements", > the version of tar is required 1.18, but this version does not support > xz format at all.As such, the following command will fail: > tar Jxvf foo.tar.xz > Although using xz first then tar will work, I think it is recomended > to > upgrade tar to support new options.
The New short option -J (alias for --lzma) was put in 1.20.90 which is in 1.22. Then -J as a short equivalent of --xz was at version 1.20.91 which is in 1.22. Verify by downloading tar 1.22 and looking at the ChangeLog and view the doc/tar.texi @opsummary{xz} Sincerely, WIlliam Harrington -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page