Subject: Re: don't generate non-portable archives by default!!!! CVS commit: basesrc/bin/pax
To: Charles M. Hannum <abuse@spamalicious.com>
From: Klaus Klein <kleink@reziprozitaet.de>
List: source-changes
Date: 10/16/2002 21:22:29
"Charles M. Hannum" <abuse@spamalicious.com> writes:
> > Ok, did that [and will commit soon]. Extensions are enabled with -E.
>
> This is really fundamentally the wrong way to deal with the problem.
> You should have added another `-x' format and made the tar(1) frontend
> use that by default.
Actually, I too just made the suggestion (albeit in a spun-off private
thread of conversation). In particular, because -E is already being
used for a different purpose.
However, no harm done yet.
- Klaus