[Nix-dev] Re: Patch for autoconf-2.62: tar limited path length.

[Ludovic Courtès]

Hi,

"Nicolas Pierron"
<nicolas.b.pierron at gmail.com> writes:

> On Thu, Aug 14, 2008 at 20:09, Ludovic Courtès <ludo at gnu.org> wrote:
>> My understanding of the GNU tar manual is that `o' corresponds to `-o',
>> which is specified as follows:
>>
>>  `--no-same-owner'
>>  `-o'
>>       When extracting an archive, do not attempt to preserve the owner
>>       specified in the `tar' archive.  This the default behavior for
>>       ordinary users.
>
> Yes, when the "-o" option is used to un-tar, not to tar.

Ah, right.

Still, do you consider the Autoconf patch you proposed as a "bug fix" or
as an extension for the applications you have in mind?

Thanks,
Ludovic.