On Mon 05 Sep 2005 at 14:20:43 +0200, you wrote: > X-Loop: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Reply-To: Javier Kohen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > X-Debian-PR-Message: report 310102 > X-Debian-PR-Package: bash > X-Debian-PR-Keywords: > X-Comment: RFC 2476 MSA function at avas-mr01.fibertel.com.ar logged sender > identity as: jkohen > X-Mailer: reportbug 3.12 > X-Fib-Al-Info: Al > X-Fib-Al-MRId: ee140254badeb3796f6e648c8893e684 > X-Fib-Al-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Delivered-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at cs.tu-berlin.de (including spamassassin) > X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0 tagged_above=0 required=3 tests= > X-Spam-Level: > Resent-From: Javier Kohen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Resent-To: debian-bugs-dist@lists.debian.org > Resent-Cc: Matthias Klose <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Resent-Date: Sat, 21 May 2005 16:03:02 UTC > Resent-Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Resent-Sender: Debian BTS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > From: Javier Kohen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Debian Bug Tracking System <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Bug#310102: completion: tar 1.15+ handles compressed files without > [zj] switches > Date: Sat, 21 May 2005 12:45:16 -0300 > > Package: bash > Version: 3.0-14 > Severity: minor > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Since version 1.15, tar is able to detect the compression method used to > pack tar archives, hence the z and j switches are not really needed. > Completion still assumes that tar xf <complete> can only complete .tar > files and not tar.gz, tar.bz2, etc. > > > - -- System Information: > Debian Release: 3.1 > Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) > Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash > Kernel: Linux 2.6.11-ck6 > Locale: LANG=es_AR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=es_AR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) > > Versions of packages bash depends on: > ii base-files 3.1.2 Debian base system miscellaneous > f > ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-21 GNU C Library: Shared libraries > an > ii libncurses5 5.4-4 Shared libraries for terminal > hand > ii passwd 1:4.0.3-32 change and administer password > and > > - -- no debconf information
This is only true for GNU tar. To retain compatibility with the largest number of systems, I will have to leave the completion as it is for now. On the other hand, we could detect the version of tar at source time and install a modified version of the function if tar >= 1.15. The question is: is it worth it? People are so used to having to specify the archive type in the form of a command line option that it will probably take years before this becomes a significant annoyance. Opinions? Ian -- Ian Macdonald | You can't go home again, unless you set [EMAIL PROTECTED] | $HOME. http://www.caliban.org/ | | | -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
