Paul Eggert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Also, there are moves to change the pax format (so far in an
> upward-compatible way, but you never know). Perhaps you should
> mention that "tar-pax" is intended to be the most recent version of
> the pax interchange format, not necessarily the 2001 v
Alexandre Duret-Lutz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] selects the new pax format defined by POSIX
> +1003.1-2001. It supports filenames with up to 65535 characters.
POSIX 1003.1-2001 specification does not impose any limit on
lengths of files stored in PAX interchange format.
Rega
Paul Eggert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Given all the hassles that will accompany any change, perhaps we
> should give the maintainer a more gradual upgrade path.
>
> For example, we could add an automake macro AM_TAR_FORMAT.
[...]
That's a nice idea. I'd vote for it.
> I'd put cpio last on th
Roger Leigh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I didn't realise it supported generating tar files. For the cpio I
> have (GNU cpio version 2.5):
>
>ustar The POSIX.1 tar format. Also recognizes GNU tar archives,
> which are similar but not identical.
>
> How does this differ from "tar
Alexandre Duret-Lutz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Sergey> able to produce correct 'ustar' archives. Whatever
> Sergey> options you give to previous versions of GNU tar, the
> Sergey> produced archives will deviate from the standard.
>
> Ouch! Is that a `will always deviate' or a `can deviate
Alexandre Duret-Lutz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I think it's the only place where I've read this. Has anybody
> seen such implementation? I'm tempted to think we shouldn't
> care.
Agreed.
Regards,
Sergey
Alexandre Duret-Lutz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On second though, shouldn't we try to use pax first? tar is no
> longer a POSIX requirement, right?
Right, but I'd say it's too early to relay on pax.
> Also do we really need to try `-o'?
No, we do not.
> Besides GNU tar, is there some tar i
Hello,
Actually I was planning to address this issue a bit later, since I
do not have a solution for automake yet. Anyway:
Alexandre Duret-Lutz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Roger> + $(AMTAR) chf - $(distdir) --format=posix | GZIP=$(GZIP_ENV) gzip -c
> >$(distdir).tar.gz
> [...]
>
> Sorry
