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Re: [PATCH] Update install document to require GNU tar 1.14
- From: "Joseph S. Myers" <joseph at codesourcery dot com>
- To: David Edelsohn <dje at watson dot ibm dot com>
- Cc: gerald at pfeifer dot com, gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2006 20:33:20 +0000 (UTC)
- Subject: Re: [PATCH] Update install document to require GNU tar 1.14
- References: <200602241916.k1OJGiD22514@makai.watson.ibm.com>
On Fri, 24 Feb 2006, David Edelsohn wrote:
> While testing GCC 4.1 RC1, I discovered that GNU tar 1.13 corrupts
> some long filenames and cannot untar the distribution. This patch updates
> the documentation to require at least version 1.14 of GNU tar. I know
> that 1.15.1 works.
Given the requirement for tar 1.14, we could start generating POSIX-2001
tar archives (tar --format=posix) and so potentially support unpacking by
some non-GNU implementations. (1.14 is the first GNU tar version
supporting POSIX tar format.) I don't think this change would be a good
idea for 4.1.0, but we could perhaps make it for the mainline
maintainer-scripts.
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