Gentoo Archives: gentoo-catalyst

From:	Richard Farina <sidhayn@×××××.com>
To:	Matt Turner <mattst88@g.o>
Cc:	gentoo-catalyst@l.g.o
Subject:	Re: [gentoo-catalyst] [PATCH] Support snapshot.tar.xz
Date:	Wed, 22 Aug 2012 18:03:50
Message-Id:	`50350966.1010208@gmail.com`
In Reply to:	Re: [gentoo-catalyst] [PATCH] Support snapshot.tar.xz by Matt Turner

1	On 08/22/2012 12:27 PM, Matt Turner wrote:
2	> On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 6:38 PM, Richard Farina <sidhayn@×××××.com> wrote:
3	>> Any comments on the gnu tar requirement? is that an issue or is okay?
4	>
5	> I don't really know. The only change required is the addition of the
6	> -J/-z options for non-GNU tar? Or does non-GNU tar support xz?
7	> Wouldn't surprise me if it didn't.
8	>
9	both gnu and bsd tar work properly the way I have written it. MacOSX tar
10	does not, but prefix installs gnu tar during bootstrap so it shouldn't
11	be an issue.