Re: [Bug-tar] [PATCH] p7zip support

[Robert Millan]

On Mon, Jan 02, 2006 at 11:56:09AM +0200, Sergey Poznyakoff wrote:
> Robert Millan <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
> > Would you please consider this patch for p7zip support?
> 
> The quick glance over the patch raises following concerns/questions:
> 
> 1. It is not a good idea to use -I option, since it will break
> command line compatibility with other tar implementations. The
> proposed long option --p7zip should suffice. 

Ok.

> 2. Where one can obtain sources for p7zip binary? The tarball
> p7zip_4.30_src_all.tar.bz2 distributed from www.7zip.org does
> not contain them. It builds 7za which is unusable as a tar
> compression filter (it was discussed some time ago).

p7zip is a script wrapper included with Debian and other distributions.  Its
task is working around the bugs and limitations in 7za to provide a gzip-like
interface.

Because 7za doesn't support streaming, the p7zip script emulates it using
temporary files.

-- 
Robert Millan