Re: [Bug-tar] Allow tar to use command for compressing consisiting of multiple words.

[Pavel Raiskup]

On Tue, 2013-01-29 at 14:16 -0800, Paul Eggert wrote:
> On 01/29/13 08:19, Pavel Raiskup wrote:
>> Simple speaking, we need some function like:
>>
>>   char ** string_to_argv(const char *str);
>>   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>
>> I was unable to find existing solution in gnulib, is there something like
>> that?
>
> There is lib/prepargs.c in GNU tar.  We could turn something
> like that into a gnulib module, but if only tar needs it perhaps
> it should just stay with GNU tar.

I forgot to CC bug-tar.  Sorry.

>>> On 01/29/13 08:19, Pavel Raiskup wrote:
>>>> Simple speaking, we need some function like:
>>>>
>>>>   char ** string_to_argv(const char *str);
>>>>   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>>>
>>>> I was unable to find existing solution in gnulib, is there something like
>>>> that?
>>>
>>> There is lib/prepargs.c in GNU tar.  We could turn something
>>> like that into a gnulib module, but if only tar needs it perhaps
>>> it should just stay with GNU tar.
>>
>> Perfect, I completely overlooked this one.  Could I look at this problem
>> and prepare patch?

On Tue, 2013-01-29 at 22:11 -0800, Paul Eggert wrote:

>On 01/29/2013 09:59 PM, Pavel Raiskup wrote:
>> Could I look at this problem
>> and prepare patch?
>
> Sure, feel free!

Proposing patch in attachment, thanks for comments!

Pavel

0001-Allow-the-use-compress-program-option-to-have-argume.patch
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