On Wed, Sep 20, 2006 at 06:03:19PM -0700, Matthew Dillon wrote: > > :Reviewing FreeBSD mailing lists was quite challenging, but here's some issu= > :... > > Cool. The only problem area that I see is the 'l' option. That > option is (or was) used a *LOT* by people using tar to back-up > partitions. I think we can survive as long as anyone attempting > to use the option gets a fatal error which describes the situation > in clear terms. >
That's exactly what happens: % bsdtar -l Error: -l has different behaviors in different tar programs. For the GNU behavior, use --one-file-system instead. For the POSIX behavior, use --check-links instead. > I have never used --multi-volume or --use-compress-program. Those > are things that probably ought to be piped anyhow. > > Were there any issues regarding compatibility between bsdtar and gtar? > e.g. someone taring up with gtar and detarring with bsdtar, or vise-versa, > for archive transfers between machines ? > Yes, but I can't see any problem reports that are still outstanding. Can anyone else find any? --Peter
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