[BusyBox-cvs] busybox/archival Config.in,1.4,1.5

Glenn McGrath bug1 at busybox.net
Tue Jan 28 01:45:51 UTC 2003


Update of /var/cvs/busybox/archival
In directory winder:/tmp/cvs-serv10487/archival

Modified Files:
	Config.in 
Log Message:
Fix long standing bug with old gnu tar files, add a check so tar will
complain "unknown file type" if it tries to extract an oldgnu tar file 
and TAR_FEATURE_OLDGNU_COMPATABILITY sint defined.
Print a warning if unisupported gnu extensions are encountered.


Index: Config.in
===================================================================
RCS file: /var/cvs/busybox/archival/Config.in,v
retrieving revision 1.4
retrieving revision 1.5
diff -u -d -r1.4 -r1.5
--- Config.in	10 Dec 2002 00:17:20 -0000	1.4
+++ Config.in	28 Jan 2003 01:45:47 -0000	1.5
@@ -182,26 +182,29 @@
 	help
 	  Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
 
-config CONFIG_FEATURE_TAR_OLD_FORMAT
+config CONFIG_FEATURE_TAR_OLDGNU_COMPATABILITY
 	bool "  Enable support for old tar header format"
-	default n
+	default N
 	depends on CONFIG_TAR
 	help
-	  Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+	  This option is required to unpack archives created with
+	  in the old GNU format, help to kill this old format by
+	  repacking your ancient archives with the new format.
 
-config CONFIG_FEATURE_GNUTAR_LONG_FILENAME
-	bool "  Enable support for GNU long filenames"
+config CONFIG_FEATURE_TAR_GNU_EXTENSIONS
+	bool "  Enable support for some GNU tar extensions"
 	default y
 	depends on CONFIG_TAR
 	help
-	  Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+	  With this option usybox supports the GNU long filename
+	  and linkanmes.
 
 config CONFIG_FEATURE_UNARCHIVE_TAPE
 	bool "  Enable tape drive support"
 	default n
 	depends on CONFIG_TAR || CONFIG_CPIO
 	help
-	  Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+	  I dont think this is needed anymore.
 
 config CONFIG_UNCOMPRESS
 	bool "uncompress"




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