Re: [Bug-tar] tar 1.15.1 doesn't compile on sunos 4.1.4

[Joerg Schilling]

Paul Eggert <address@hidden> wrote:

> jason andrade <address@hidden> writes:
>
> > i'm unable to get tar 1.15.1 to compile on sunos 4.1.4.
>
> Is this because you really need tar 1.15.1 to run on SunOS 4.1.4,
> or simply because you're trying to help tar to become more portable?
> If the former, then I'd be interested to know the underlying application.
> If the latter, then it's probably not worth your time and aggravation,
> assuming nobody really needs the result.

If backwards compatibility is no longer an issue for GNU tar, wouln't
it then be a good idea to also drop the non-POSIX compliant old "GNU tar" 
archive format that has been introduced 1989 in favor of a format that
is at least POSIX.1-1988 compliant?

An important step could be to make the POSIX.1-1988 tar archive
format the default and to avoid creating archives with compatibility
issues by default.

Jörg

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