Sergey Poznyakoff wrote: > Changes in this release: > > * Support for xz compression > > Tar uses xz for compression if one of the following conditions is met: > > 1. The option --xz or -J (see below) is used. > 2. The xz binary is set as compressor using --use-compress-program option. > 3. The file name of the archive being created ends in `.xz' and > auto-compress option (-a) is used. > > Xz is used for decompression if one of the following conditions is met: > > 1. The option --xz or -J is used. > 2. The xz binary is set as compressor using --use-compress-program option. > 3. The file is recognized as xz compressed stream data. > > * Short option -J reassigned as a short equivalent of --xz
Are you saying that -J no longer creates LZMA-compressed files? What are the reasons for this decision? Sebastian
