> > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=384508 > > tar: -l option changed meaning, without any warning!
I've been on this list for only a few hours, and it has already solved a baffling and annoying mystery for me. I have been using tar for at least 20 years and I would never have expected something this important to change so radically and so silently. My scripts haven't complained; they've just started producing files that are *almost* right. Ugh. Well, it just goes to show you: even though our friends in Gnu-land focus relentlessly on protecting productivity, they are not perfect. It's comforting, kind-of. -- Steve Steven R. Newcomb, Consultant Coolheads Consulting Co-editor, Topic Maps International Standard (ISO/IEC 13250) Co-editor, draft Topic Maps -- Reference Model (ISO/IEC 13250-5) [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.coolheads.com direct: +1 540 951 9773 main: +1 540 951 9774 fax: +1 540 951 9775 208 Highview Drive Blacksburg, Virginia 24060 USA (Confidential to all US government personnel to whom this private letter is not addressed and who are reading it in the absence of a specific search warrant: You are violating the law and you are co-conspiring to subvert the Constitution that you are sworn to defend. You can either refuse to commit this crime, or you can expect to suffer criminal sanctions in the future, when the current administration of the United States of America has been replaced by one that respects the rule of law. I do not envy you for having to make this difficult choice, but I urge you to make it wisely.)