Michiel Faber wrote: > Hello, > > The first command in chapter 6.37.1 of lfs 6.1.1 is: > > tar -xvf ../bash-doc-3.0.tar.gz && > > however the package i downloaded from a mirror ftp-server is named > "bash-doc-3.0.tar.bz2" and not "*.gz" > The command should thus be: > > tar -xjvf ../bash-doc-3.0.tar.bz2 && > > Not a big issue, but maybe needs to change in the book? > > Michiel
AFAIK when called with -xvf (without -j/-x) tar automatically determines the archiver to use (bzip2/gzip). So you can download file with any of the extensions and use the command from the book. -- Nothing but perfection pv -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page