Re: Document the portability of various tar formats better

[Mathieu Lirzin]

Hi,

Bruno Haible <address@hidden> writes:

> While running the (automake-provided) 'dist' target of GNU gettext, I
> encountered this error:
>
> tar: 
> gettext-0.19.8.1.74-72e49-dirty/gettext-tools/gnulib-tests/test-term-ostream-xterm-linux-mandriva.out:
>  file name is too long (max 99); not dumped
> tar: 
> gettext-0.19.8.1.74-72e49-dirty/gettext-runtime/intl-csharp/doc/GNU_Gettext_GettextResourceManager.html:
>  file name is too long (max 99); not dumped
>
> My findings [1] confirm the description of the 'tar-ustar' and 'tar-pax'
> option. However, I found the text
>   "... is believed to be old enough ..."
>   "... very modern platforms"
> a bit vague to base decisions on. Therefore here is a documentation patch
> to document the actual findings.

Indeed more precision is better in this context.

> [1] https://savannah.gnu.org/support/index.php?109437
>
> From 7ba5050bd7a40d467378bad642ec1e11ca85df96 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: Bruno Haible <address@hidden>
> Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2018 01:52:34 +0100
> Subject: [PATCH] doc: Document the portability of various tar formats better.
>
> * doc/automake.texi (List of Automake options): Document the portability of
> the tar-ustar and tar-pax options better.
> ---

Pushed in commit fab4fb3aabf0a20d4c99fb7171de163d42e391e2.

Thanks.

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Mathieu Lirzin
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