Re: Incorrect information in the manual about the tar-v7 option

[Ben Pfaff]

Ralf Wildenhues <address@hidden> writes:

> * Vincent Lefevre wrote on Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 06:09:43PM CEST:
>> 
>> The automake manual (several versions) says about the tar-v7 option:
>> 
>>      `tar-v7' selects the old V7 tar format.  This is the historical
>>      default.  This antiquated format is understood by all tar
>>      implementations and supports file names with up to 99 characters.
[...]
>> Old versions of BusyBox (such as v1.6.1, currently
>> used on Nokia's Internet tablets) don't support this format. See:
[...]
> Should autotools add even more workarounds, or should rather
> simply BusyBox be fixed?

If only old versions of BusyBox do not support v7 tar format, as
Vincent implies, then BusyBox has already been fixed, and Nokia
just needs to upgrade to a current version.
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Ben Pfaff 
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