Re: [PATCH] tar: on extract, -o is --no-same-owner

Bernhard Reutner-Fischer [off-list ref] writes:

On Sat, Oct 24, 2009 at 11:49:10AM +0200, Andreas Schwab wrote:

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Bernhard Reutner-Fischer [off-list ref] writes:

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I suppose xf - -o would work?

Isn't that the same as 'xfo -'?

Not really (if you do not permute the arguments which we don't in
busybox, for size reasons).

There is no argument permutation.  The traditional argument parsing of
tar does not cluster option letters with option arguments.

Of course, just using 'xof -' will work around this busybox bug.

Andreas.

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On Saturday 24 October 2009 12:44, Andreas Schwab wrote:

Bernhard Reutner-Fischer [off-list ref] writes:

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On Sat, Oct 24, 2009 at 11:49:10AM +0200, Andreas Schwab wrote:

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Bernhard Reutner-Fischer [off-list ref] writes:

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I suppose xf - -o would work?

Isn't that the same as 'xfo -'?

Not really (if you do not permute the arguments which we don't in
busybox, for size reasons).

There is no argument permutation.  The traditional argument parsing of
tar does not cluster option letters with option arguments.

Of course, just using 'xof -' will work around this busybox bug.

From my side, I prefer to squash that busybox bug.
This is the second time people complain about it,
so it is a reoccurring problem.

The attached patch has been pushed to busybox git.

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