Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@sourceware.cygnus.com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@sources.redhat.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@sources.redhat.com Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2000 21:39:22 -0500 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Available for test: tar 1.13.8-1 Message-ID: <20001217213922.A30490@redhat.com> Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com References: <20001217211352.A25407@redhat.com> <5.0.2.1.0.20001217202331.029752a0@pop.bresnanlink.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.11i In-Reply-To: <5.0.2.1.0.20001217202331.029752a0@pop.bresnanlink.net>; from cabbey@bresnanlink.net on Sun, Dec 17, 2000 at 08:27:51PM -0600 On Sun, Dec 17, 2000 at 08:27:51PM -0600, Chris Abbey wrote: >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. :\ This is the sources right from gnu.org. -j is the official switch. That's what I meant by "native". cgf -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Check out: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple