Joel Klecker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > At 14:16 +0200 1998-04-18, Brederlow wrote: > >I think it would be a good idea to teach tar to unpack bzip2 files via > >the -z option, just as if it would be gzip. Alternativly one could > >teach gzip to use bzip2 for .bz2 archives or teach dpkg to distinguish > >between the two. > > Debian tar has a patch which hands off files to bzip2 if the -I option is > passed to it.
Why wasn't the -z option expanded to recognize the bzip2 signature? That would seem to be a better solution to me. Falk -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]