[PATCH] tar: on extract, -o is --no-same-owner
Denys Vlasenko
vda.linux at googlemail.com
Sat Oct 24 23:32:04 UTC 2009
On Saturday 24 October 2009 12:44, Andreas Schwab wrote:
> Bernhard Reutner-Fischer <rep.dot.nop at gmail.com> writes:
>
> > On Sat, Oct 24, 2009 at 11:49:10AM +0200, Andreas Schwab wrote:
> >>Bernhard Reutner-Fischer <rep.dot.nop at gmail.com> writes:
> >>
> >>> 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.
function old new delta
tar_main 702 751 +49
--
vda
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: 1.patch
Type: text/x-diff
Size: 1316 bytes
Desc: not available
URL: <http://lists.busybox.net/pipermail/busybox/attachments/20091025/9ce9e5d0/attachment.bin>
More information about the busybox
mailing list