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Re: Bug - GNU tar port for Windows does not support the lz4 compression


From: Christian Schoenebeck
Subject: Re: Bug - GNU tar port for Windows does not support the lz4 compression algorithm
Date: Mon, 08 Aug 2022 13:40:12 +0200

On Montag, 8. August 2022 09:14:29 CEST abcedy sou wrote:
> Hi Christian,
> I know that the default in Windows is not GNU tar, however, I installed GNU
> tar from windows (http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/gtar.htm).
> Running tar --version:
> 
> tar (GNU tar) 1.13
> 
> Copyright (C) 1988, 92,93,94,95,96,97,98, 1999 Free Software Foundation,
> Inc.
> This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO
> warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
> 
> Written by John Gilmore and Jay Fenlason.

You are using a fork of GNU tar from 1999 by the GnuWin32 project, last 
release from 2003, and that project is dead.

Best regards,
Christian Schoenebeck





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