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Old 04-13-2016, 06:59 PM   #1
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Why tar 1.13 in pkgtools?

Hi,

Out of curiosity:
What is the reason for using tar 1.13 and not newer versions in pkgtools?
What behavior has changed and what is the desired one?

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Old 04-13-2016, 07:10 PM   #2
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Modern tar doesn't like to work with symlinks in the directory tree. Tar-1.13 doesn't muck things up. I think it was asked about libarchive and bsdtar could work in it's place, but that was many moons ago and I forget what was said other than "no".
 
Old 04-13-2016, 07:26 PM   #3
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Hi,

Quote:
Modern tar doesn't like to work with symlinks in the directory tree.
Can you elaborate?

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Old 04-13-2016, 08:43 PM   #4
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What is the reason for using tar 1.13 and not newer versions in pkgtools?
Why tar 1.13?

You can search the forum for many of these issues.
 
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And that's why in a nutshell.
 
Old 04-14-2016, 02:18 AM   #6
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Hi,

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Originally Posted by gezley View Post
Why tar 1.13?

You can search the forum for many of these issues.
Silly me, but it still sometimes happens to me that asking a human is easier than asking the computer

Thanks for the link!

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Old 04-14-2016, 10:10 AM   #7
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Silly me, but it still sometimes happens to me that asking a human is easier than asking the computer
Of course. Same here.
 
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