Karl Berry writes:
> Given Bruno's experience, ok, let's try. I won't be surprised if
> problems come out of the woodwork, but maybe it will be fine.
>
> I think the change below is all that's needed to implement this?
> I pushed it. Let me know if something more comes to mind.
Thank you!
>
On 2/24/25 14:41, Karl Berry wrote:
Did any change to pax formats ever come to pass?
None that would affect this issue with Solaris etc.
Back on this suggestion:
https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=74847
What do you think about changing Automake's default tar format from v7
to ustar?
Given Bruno's experience, ok, let's try. I won't be surprised if
problems come out of the woodwork, but maybe it will be fi
>> Possibly automake can move from v7 to ustar.
Possibly. What's the advantage? --thanks, karl.
Hi automake folks,
What do you think about changing Automake's default tar format from v7
to ustar?
Are you aware of any system 'tar' that does doesn't cope with ustar?
What do you think about defaulting to the --format=posix PAX format? It
may be just as safe as ustar, and only if a package us
