Bernd Eckenfels <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Tue, Jan 09, 2001 at 06:08:23PM -0500, Michael Stone wrote: > > <depricating -I in Debian Package> > > > sounds very good. > > besides that -j ("junkzip"?) is NON-DESCRIPTIVE at all. -Z or -2 would be > better... but thats an Upstream Issue I guess.
-Z is for piping through compress, and is (I believe) legacy compatible to a number of proprietary tars. -[0-7][lmh] specify drive and density I'm not sure exactly what that's for, but it does rule out -2. It kinda sucks when you completely run out of single character options. %-)