hiya Henning Sprang wrote: > Jens Classen wrote: >> It takes notice of the archie though, as >> renaming the archive to UBUNTU.tar.gz brings up an error message, that >> only tgz-files are supported.
> Strange. Until recently, it was the exact contrary - only tar.gz was > supported. > ( @Thomas: Changing it that way is not a good idea in my opinion, > because it breaks compatibility with existing setups, and it would be > simply nice and convenient for users to accept .tar.gz _and_ .tgz. ) I second that motion. The <class>.tar.gz and base.tgz difference is something that irks me too - but back then I shrugged it off as "It's just the way it is." tschüß thomas
