RE: TIP: untar binary install tarball using option `--warning=no-timestamp`

[Cook, Malcolm]

> 
> > Hi,  in Cent0S7 vendor supplies me with:
> >
> > tar --version
> > tar (GNU tar) 1.26
> 
> Running ‘git blame’ on tar’s src/extract.c shows that warnings about zeroed
> timestamps are no longer issued starting from tar 1.27, released in Oct. 2013.
> I’ve amended the manual to mention that.

Great- thanks - living and learning - 

> > Is there some good practice for following activity on debbugs  at
> > http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/pkgreport.cgi?package=guix#searchoptions
> > It would be great to get an RSS feed or something allowing to watch all new
> bugs and activity on selected  "watched" bugs.  Any such thing exists?
> 
> One can subscribe to address@hidden (or via
> <http://dir.gmane.org/gmane.comp.gnu.guix.bugs>) and see all the activity
> on all the bugs.

Gmane to the rescue again.  Of course!  NNTP still lives.  Hoorah!

> Alternately, if someone only interested in the bug they reported will
> automatically receive followups and status change notifications specifically
> for that bug, on the address@hidden email address.

Splendid.

> HTH,

Mucho!

~Malcolm

> Ludo’.