Re: [Bug-cpio] cpio-2.9.90 (alpha) available.

[Ladislav Michnovič]

On Feb 9, 2008 11:33 AM, Sergey Poznyakoff <address@hidden> wrote:
> Hi Ladislav,
> > There are also some patches which you can consider to apply.
> > For example cpio-2.9-use_new_ascii_format.patch is widely used in
> > distros like Mandriva, Red Hat and openSUSE.
>
> I have strong doubts about that one. First of all, patching .info file
> is entirely senseless. Secondly, the `-c' switch was used for years for
> old ASCII format and changing it brusquely will hurt backward
> compatibility. Thirdly, the proposed code
>
> #define        SVR4_COMPAT
> #ifdef SVR4_COMPAT
>         archive_format = arf_newascii; /* -H newc.  */
> #else
>
> is an example of a pretty dirty way of writing.
>
> Returning to the matter, is there any practical reason for changing the
> meaning of `-c', apart from the fact that some distros use it?

I'm not the author of the patch, so I don't have my own arguments why
to use it.
I think you're right, no need to push this patch.

Regards Ladislav.