Hello Guys,
I'd like to request for a new (more recent) version of the TAR on install media (iso). I've checked SL12.0, SL13.0, SL14.1 isos and there is tar (gnu tar) 1.13.
I had interesting problem with using slackware iso as a rescue cd. Let me explain...
I have machine with Slackware 12.0 with tar 1.22 on it. I created tar.gz archive with:
Code:
tar cpsv --numeric-owner $directory | gzip > archive.tar.gz
I have quite long filenames and paths in this directory - over 99 characters. The archive was created without problems, and the content was OK.
Then... I created another virtual machine and booted from install dvd SL12.0 (and checked with SL13.0, SL14.1 accordingly later). I scp'ed my archive to this vm, and decompressed it with:
Code:
tar zxvpf archive.tar.gz
Everything seemed to be FINE... until i saw that my long paths/filenames were truncated to 99 characters! filenames and paths were created but broken :/ shortened.
I verfied that this is a problem with TAR on slackware iso. I decompressed archive on my source machine with 1.22 and it was OK. Then i tried with archlinux-2014.03.01-dual.iso (i686) where I found tar (gnu tar) 1.27.1 and without any surprise I could decompress my archive correctly.
So, I think it is time to refresh software on Slackware isos (even those recent) to new versions, because right now they are quite troublesome
Best regards
Janusz.