Re: can we get rid of -I entirely, please?

[Paul Eggert]

> From: Bdale Garbee <address@hidden>
> Date: Mon, 08 Jan 2001 09:18:51 -0700
> 
> After lots of discussion on the Debian developer mailing lists, the
> solution that I think makes the most sense is:
> 
>         the -I option be removed from the documentation and usage messages
> 
>         use of -I becomes an error that communicates that -j is the right 
>         option for bzip2, and -T is the equivalent of -I in Solaris tar
> 
> I think this meets everyone's needs.

OK, you talked me into this for the next tar version.  This will give
people time to switch.  We can then reintroduce -I as an alias for -T
in a later version of GNU tar.