On Fri, 22 Jan 1999 23:18:26 -0500 (EST) 
 Todd Vierling <tv@pobox.com> wrote:

 > Hate to burst your bubble, but pax(1) WILL support the GNU tar long options
 > before pax can become tar's replacement.  This was decided a long time ago.

...much to my dismay :-)

I wish the world was rid of long options, but whatever :-)

        -- Jason R. Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>