Re: [Bug-tar] [PATCH] Do not fail when 'compress' is unable to provide s

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Re: [Bug-tar] [PATCH] Do not fail when 'compress' is unable to provide s

From:	Paul Eggert
Subject:	Re: [Bug-tar] [PATCH] Do not fail when 'compress' is unable to provide sufficient compress ratio
Date:	Mon, 25 Feb 2013 11:39:11 -0800
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I suggest something simpler: namely, just declare that the
-Z (compress) program must conform to the compress API,
so that its exit status 2 really means OK.  That way,
we can change only src/system.c and NEWS.  The compress API
is obsolete and isn't likely to change so this sounds safe.

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