Subject: bug#8945: closed (Re: bug#8945: tar-ustar as a default for automake)

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Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2025 23:51:03 +0000

Your bug report

#8945: tar-ustar as a default for automake

which was filed against the automake package, has been closed.

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Subject: Re: bug#8945: tar-ustar as a default for automake
From: Karl Berry <[email-masked]>
To: [email-masked]
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Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2025 16:49:28 -0700
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Hi Javier - back in 2011 (!), you suggested switching to ustar as the
default tar format for Automake. Sorry for the absurdly late reply. This
has now been done for the upcoming automake-1.18; see discussion in
https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=74847.

As I guess you know, both then and now, a particular format can be
specified with one of the tar-* options (tar-ustar, tar-pax, tar-v7).

I'm closing this one now since there's nothing more to do, but feel free
to reply/reopen or open a new issue if desired. --thanks, karl.

Subject: tar-ustar as a default for automake
From: Javier Jardón <[email-masked]>
To: [email-masked]
Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2011 19:56:37 +0100
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Hello,

as discussed in this thread [1], i'd like to proposse switch to tar-ustar
(seems that tar-pax support is broken in openbsd) as a default tar format.
Currently we have some problem in GNOME project with some modules
because the limitations of the current tar format.

Best regards.

[1] http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake/2011-06/msg00016.html

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