From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 818 invoked by alias); 22 Nov 2011 18:08:34 -0000 Received: (qmail 807 invoked by uid 22791); 22 Nov 2011 18:08:32 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,RP_MATCHES_RCVD,TW_BZ,TW_LZ,TW_XZ X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from tschetwerikow.v9g.de (HELO tschetwerikow.v9g.de) (217.92.164.63) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with ESMTP; Tue, 22 Nov 2011 18:08:19 +0000 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by tschetwerikow.v9g.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id F0F8B1A46969; Tue, 22 Nov 2011 19:08:16 +0100 (CET) Received: from tschetwerikow.v9g.de ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (tschetwerikow.boxberg.lan [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id gyAsSYloqgrh; Tue, 22 Nov 2011 19:08:12 +0100 (CET) Received: from mikulin.boxberg.lan (mikulin.boxberg.lan [192.168.178.3]) by tschetwerikow.v9g.de (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 957FC1A46950; Tue, 22 Nov 2011 19:08:12 +0100 (CET) Subject: Re: [PATCH 1 of 1] scripts/functions: extract: portable call for old and defective tars Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1251.1) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 From: Titus von Boxberg In-Reply-To: <201111221809.44609.yann.morin.1998@anciens.enib.fr> Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2011 18:08:00 -0000 Cc: crossgcc@sourceware.org Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <34880CEA-E3E0-4F06-9071-35F9A051B8D5@v9g.de> References: <201111221809.44609.yann.morin.1998@anciens.enib.fr> To: "Yann E. MORIN" X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact crossgcc-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: crossgcc-owner@sourceware.org X-SW-Source: 2011-11/txt/msg00134.txt.bz2 Am 22.11.2011 um 18:09 schrieb Yann E. MORIN: > Titus, All, > > On Tuesday 22 November 2011 10:30:23 Titus von Boxberg wrote: >> # HG changeset patch >> # User Titus von Boxberg >> # Date 1321952890 -3600 >> # Node ID ac30f53965908a4341a5cf21ba67d707a8f0d68e >> # Parent 3c1a3fc051cb46d1bad9cbe2a601c5c4aa48876c >> scripts/functions: extract: portable call for old and defective tars > > Why not use: > xz : xzcat > lzma : lzcat > bzip2 : bzcat > gzip : zcat > > I believe that, if a specific compressor is available, the corresponding > 'cat' counterpart is also available. At least, that has been my experience > with all the "standard" distro I've used. Yann, you gave the reason yourself: That cat would always be available is just belief. The availability of is granted by definition. Regards Titus -- For unsubscribe information see http://sourceware.org/lists.html#faq