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Document the portability of various tar formats better
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Bruno Haible |
Subject: |
Document the portability of various tar formats better |
Date: |
Wed, 03 Jan 2018 02:16:30 +0100 |
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Hi,
While running the (automake-provided) 'dist' target of GNU gettext, I
encountered this error:
tar:
gettext-0.19.8.1.74-72e49-dirty/gettext-tools/gnulib-tests/test-term-ostream-xterm-linux-mandriva.out:
file name is too long (max 99); not dumped
tar:
gettext-0.19.8.1.74-72e49-dirty/gettext-runtime/intl-csharp/doc/GNU_Gettext_GettextResourceManager.html:
file name is too long (max 99); not dumped
My findings [1] confirm the description of the 'tar-ustar' and 'tar-pax'
option. However, I found the text
"... is believed to be old enough ..."
"... very modern platforms"
a bit vague to base decisions on. Therefore here is a documentation patch
to document the actual findings.
[1] https://savannah.gnu.org/support/index.php?109437
0001-doc-Document-the-portability-of-various-tar-formats-.patch
Description: Text Data
- Document the portability of various tar formats better,
Bruno Haible <=