On Mon, Mar 08, 2004 at 04:47:22PM -0800, Ben Reser wrote:
> * Stop using GNU tar for creating the tar archives and start using GNU
> cpio. GNU cpio supports creating tar formats in the ustar format (i.e.
> POSIX.1 format). This gives a maximum filename of 255 characters.
> Which is more than twice as long as what we are using. Does not require
> changes to anything other than dist.sh. The following command can
> replace our usage of tar and produce a POSIX.1 compatable tar file:
> find subversion-1.0.0 -print | cpio -H ustar -o > subversion-1.0.0.tar
>
> I recommend using GNU cpio. I've tested the output with Solaris and GNU
> tar and it works perfectly. If everyone is okay with this I'll post a
> patch to effect this change.
As promised here is the patch. I've tested this. It produces tarballs
that work on Solaris 7.
[[[
Fix dist.sh to produce tarballs that can be read on platforms without
GNU tar.
Patch by Ben Reser <ben@reser.org>
* dist.sh
Use cpio instead of tar to produce the tarballs.
]]]
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Ben Reser <ben@reser.org>
http://ben.reser.org
"Conscience is the inner voice which warns us somebody may be looking."
- H.L. Mencken
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Received on Wed Mar 10 06:11:24 2004