Date: Tue, 6 Aug 2002 12:36:58 +0200 From: "Simon 'corecode' Schubert" <corecode@corecode.ath.cx> To: Alan E <alane@geeksrus.net> Cc: ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: package compression scheme changed Message-ID: <20020806123658.08704415.corecode@corecode.ath.cx> In-Reply-To: <20020806092848.GB11415@wwweasel.geeksrus.net> References: <20020806092848.GB11415@wwweasel.geeksrus.net>
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--=.Ub73H)q5w.cwUi Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On Tue, 6 Aug 2002 05:28:48 -0400 Alan E wrote: > Did I miss a big HEADS UP message, or did this just happen quietly while > no one was looking? > > BTW, .tbz sounds like it was compressed with the old bzip. There is no > convention, afaik, for tarballs compressed with bzip2 other than > .tar.bz2. Is there a good reason not to use that? (Like the 2 dots would > break some bad code in the pkg_* tools?) > > Otherwise, you might want to go with .tbz2; it's longer but unambigous. it's used to create 8.3 filenames (duh! legacy!) cheers simon -- /"\ http://corecode.ath.cx/#donate \ / \ ASCII Ribbon Campaign / \ Against HTML Mail and News --=.Ub73H)q5w.cwUi Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE9T6bRr5S+dk6z85oRApH0AJ4wgL/4K6/5M6cL6Dx/OPsCPDBihQCfcA3R DeuuTwa50q13hVAyLb+HWzw= =qNtG -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=.Ub73H)q5w.cwUi-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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