--On Sunday, November 24, 2002 12:18 PM -0800 Wilfredo Sánchez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

   So does anyone object if I un-favor GNU tar?
Nope.

   Looks like the real reason we favor it is to use the -z option
instead of having to run gzip after the fact.  Running gzip in a
pipe chain would do as well, though.
+1. Don't know how it'd work on Solaris otherwise (since it only has POSIX tar by default). -- justin

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