Re: LYNX-DEV typo in Lynx2-7 LYLocal.c ?

[Thanh Ma]

Ismael Cordeiro writes:
> Rolf Puchtinger wrote:
> 
> > I tried to archive directories in DIRED mode and to uncompress tar.gz
> > files. This does not work, since tar on mys system does not know an "e"
> > option. Should the options in LYLocal.c be "-cfv" and "-xfv" instead of
> > "-cfe" and "-xfe"?
> 
> GNU tar doesn't have the -e option and chokes when it finds one. When I
> compile Lynx I replace -xfe with -xf and -cfe with -cf in LYLocal.c.

Removing the -e should do no harm. Here is a description:

             e       This modifier causes tar to quit when certain minor
                     errors are encountered.  Otherwise tar will continue
                     when minor errors are encountered.

Thanh
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