Re: [Bug-tar] record size = x blocks?

[Tim Kientzle]

> I think that an additional option, similar to
> gcc's -W, would be in place.  For example, `tar --warning=record' would
> enable emitting the record size warning.
>
> Opinions?

Yuck.

GNU tar already has way too many command line options.

If people are going to have to change scripts to
avoid these warnings, they may as well do it in
a more robust way that won't break with other
tar implementations.  "-B -b 1" is far more
portable.

Tim