From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Chris Abbey To: cygwin@cygwin.com, cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Available for test: tar 1.13.8-1 Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2000 18:27:00 -0000 Message-id: <5.0.2.1.0.20001217202331.029752a0@pop.bresnanlink.net> References: <20001217211352.A25407@redhat.com> X-SW-Source: 2000-12/msg00784.html At 21:13 12/17/00 -0500, Christopher Faylor wrote: >This version fixes a bug with excluding files. It also incorporates a >native '-j' switch which causes tar to use bzip to compress and >uncompress. This replaces the previous -y option. ugh. so there are now *four* different switches for bz2? I really wish we could all pick one and standardize on it, or has that happened somewhere and it's 'j'? if so point me to the "official standard declaration" somewhere... 'cuz there are a couple other packagers I wanna beat over the head with it until they match. :\ now the forces of openness have a powerful and unexpected new ally http://ibm.com/linux/ -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Check out: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple