> > So, please tell me why was the -W --verify flag removed, to begin with ?
> 
> "removed"?  Nothing at all was ever removed from the new 'tar'
> implementation as far as I can tell!

Mmmmh ....

NetBSD-1.6L : 
> [xavier@arnor /]$ tar -cvWf /tmp/test.tar /etc/rc
> tar: unknown option -- W
> Usage: tar [-]{crtux}[-befhmopqvwzHLOPXZ014578] [archive] [blocksize]
>            [-C directory] [-T file] [-s replstr] [file ...]
> [xavier@arnor /]$ tar --version
> tar: unknown option -- version
> Usage: tar [-]{crtux}[-befhmopqvwzHLOPXZ014578] [archive] [blocksize]
>            [-C directory] [-T file] [-s replstr] [file ...]
MacOSX/Darwin with gnutar (genuine tar is pax, too)
> [xavier@doriath /]$ tar -cvWf /tmp/test.tar etc/rc
> etc/rc
> Verify etc/rc
> [xavier@doriath /]$ tar --version
> tar (GNU tar) 1.13.25





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