Bug in tar option parsing.
Rob Landley
rob at landley.net
Mon Apr 16 16:04:38 UTC 2012
The uClibc install does this:
build/host/tar --exclude=ld-uClibc.so.lds -c *.so.*
And gets this:
build/host/tar: invalid option -- '-'
BusyBox v1.19.3 (2012-04-15 20:55:55 CDT) multi-call binary.
Usage: tar -[cxtzjhvO] [-f TARFILE] [-C DIR] [FILE]...
Create, extract, or list files from a tar file
Operation:
c Create
x Extract
t List
f Name of TARFILE ('-' for stdin/out)
C Change to DIR before operation
v Verbose
z (De)compress using gzip
j (De)compress using bzip2
O Extract to stdout
h Follow symlinks
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GNU/Linux isn't: Linux=GPLv2, GNU=GPLv3+, they can't share code.
Either it's "mere aggregation", or a license violation. Pick one.
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