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Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2000 20:27:51 -0600
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From: Chris Abbey <cabbey AT bresnanlink DOT net>
Subject: Re: Available for test:  tar 1.13.8-1
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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. :\



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