On Jan 16, 2014, at 12:00 PM, parmenides wrote:
> (1) In Preface, "vii. Host System Requirements",
> the version of tar is required 1.18, but this version does not support
> xz format at all.As such, the following command will fail:
> tar Jxvf foo.tar.xz
> Although using xz first then tar will work, I think it is recomended
> to
> upgrade tar to support new options.
The New short option -J (alias for --lzma) was put in 1.20.90 which is
in 1.22.
Then -J as a short equivalent of --xz was at version 1.20.91 which is
in 1.22.
Verify by downloading tar 1.22 and looking at the ChangeLog and view
the doc/tar.texi @opsummary{xz}
Sincerely,
WIlliam Harrington
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