[PATCH] change default --format from gnu to posix

2021-12-09 Thread Mike Frysinger
The posix standard has been released for over 20 years, and tar has supported it for almost as long (at least since 2004). The docs have said the default will change in a future version for almost as long, so lets finally actually switch it. * NEWS: Update. * configure.ac (DEFAULT_ARCHIVE_FORMAT)

Re: [PATCH] change default --format from gnu to posix

2021-12-09 Thread Paul Eggert
On 12/9/21 18:40, Mike Frysinger wrote: The posix standard has been released for over 20 years, and tar has supported it for almost as long (at least since 2004). The docs have said the default will change in a future version for almost as long, so lets finally actually switch it. This sounds

Re: [PATCH] change default --format from gnu to posix

2021-12-09 Thread Mike Frysinger
On 09 Dec 2021 19:29, Paul Eggert wrote: > On 12/9/21 18:40, Mike Frysinger wrote: > > The posix standard has been released for over 20 years, and tar has > > supported it for almost as long (at least since 2004). The docs have > > said the default will change in a future version for almost as lon

Re: [PATCH] change default --format from gnu to posix

2021-12-09 Thread Michał Górny
On Thu, 2021-12-09 at 21:40 -0500, Mike Frysinger wrote: > The posix standard has been released for over 20 years, and tar has > supported it for almost as long (at least since 2004). The docs have > said the default will change in a future version for almost as long, > so lets finally actually sw