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Re: [PATCH] change default --format from gnu to posix
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Michał Górny |
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Re: [PATCH] change default --format from gnu to posix |
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Fri, 10 Dec 2021 08:38:34 +0100 |
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Evolution 3.42.1 |
On Thu, 2021-12-09 at 21:40 -0500, Mike Frysinger wrote:
> The posix standard has been released for over 20 years, and tar has
> supported it for almost as long (at least since 2004). The docs have
> said the default will change in a future version for almost as long,
> so lets finally actually switch it.
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> * NEWS: Update.
> * configure.ac (DEFAULT_ARCHIVE_FORMAT): Change GNU to POSIX.
> * doc/tar.texi: Update gnu & posix format sections mentioning defaults.
>
This sounds like a bad idea. The last time I checked (it was in 2018
though [1]), GNU extensions were still more portable than PAX.
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Best regards,
Michał Górny
- [PATCH] change default --format from gnu to posix, Mike Frysinger, 2021/12/09
- Re: [PATCH] change default --format from gnu to posix, Paul Eggert, 2021/12/09
- Re: [PATCH] change default --format from gnu to posix,
Michał Górny <=
- Re: [PATCH] change default --format from gnu to posix, Mike Frysinger, 2021/12/10
- Re: [PATCH] change default --format from gnu to posix, Paul Eggert, 2021/12/10
- Re: [PATCH] change default --format from gnu to posix, Mike Frysinger, 2021/12/10
- Re: [PATCH] change default --format from gnu to posix, Paul Eggert, 2021/12/11
- Re: [PATCH] change default --format from gnu to posix, Mike Frysinger, 2021/12/11
- Re: [PATCH] change default --format from gnu to posix, Paul Eggert, 2021/12/13
- Re: [PATCH] change default --format from gnu to posix, Sergey Poznyakoff, 2021/12/13
- Re: [PATCH] change default --format from gnu to posix, Paul Eggert, 2021/12/13
- Re: [PATCH] change default --format from gnu to posix, Paul Eggert, 2021/12/13
- Re: [PATCH] change default --format from gnu to posix, Mike Frysinger, 2021/12/14