On 2013-08-19 10:34 (GMT+0200) Joerg Schilling composed:
Rajko wrote:
Joerg Schilling wrote:
This is definitely no output from the original "tar" but a clone.
That is BusyBox, used by openSUSE during installation. http://www.busybox.net/about.html
The OP does not seem to understand that with beginning to write star in 1982, "tar" is not the name of a single program but that there are more such implementations.
I (OP) have seen no such discussion in any docs. When looking up tar, such as in a Linux reference manual (e.g. ISBN: 0-7821-2735-5 or 0-7821-2341-4), tar --help, or man tar, there's been no explicit or implicit mention that tar is anything but GNU tar, no direct or indirect mention of gtar or star posing as tar. The man page does mention a utar format, but doesn't say why it might be needed or desired. I've seen nothing prior to this thread to imply one should expect a tar file created by an x86 Linux system's installed by default tar command using the most common tar options shouldn't be expected to be extracted without special options by the installed by default tar command on another x86 Linux system, including one that substitutes busybox for a shell and individual binary tools like tar. -- "The wise are known for their understanding, and pleasant words are persuasive." Proverbs 16:21 (New Living Translation) Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org