[Bug-tar] [PATCH] Typo fix: LSOP -> LZOP.

2017-11-15 Thread Adam Borowski
--- Comes atop the zstd patch, but only because it edits the same chunk. doc/tar.texi | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/doc/tar.texi b/doc/tar.texi index a5f66e0..168b14a 100644 --- a/doc/tar.texi +++ b/doc/tar.texi @@ -9590,7 +9590,7 @@ create a @command{gzip} c

[Bug-tar] [PATCH] ZSTD compression support.

2017-11-15 Thread Adam Borowski
Its customary file extension is ".zst", while some tools use ".tzst" as a shorthand for ".tar.zst". --- Not sure what/if a short option would be appropriate. configure.ac | 1 + doc/tar.1| 4 doc/tar.texi | 12 ++-- src/buffer.c | 5 - src/suffix.c | 2 ++ src/tar.c|

Re: [Bug-tar] [PATCH] ZSTD compression support.

2017-11-15 Thread Ralph Corderoy
Hi, > Its customary file extension is ".zst", while some tools use ".tzst" > as a shorthand for ".tar.zst". This shortening should die, just like DOS 8.3 filenames. If it's .tar.foo then eyeballs and scripts stand a chance of realising it's a tar file that's had another transformation applied, a

Re: [Bug-tar] [PATCH] ZSTD compression support.

2017-11-15 Thread Adam Borowski
On Wed, Nov 15, 2017 at 10:27:07PM +, Ralph Corderoy wrote: > > Its customary file extension is ".zst", while some tools use ".tzst" > > as a shorthand for ".tar.zst". > > This shortening should die, just like DOS 8.3 filenames. > > If it's .tar.foo then eyeballs and scripts stand a chance of