woods@most.weird.com (Greg A. Woods) writes:
> [ On , January 22, 1999 at 13:55:30 (-0500), Perry E. Metzger wrote: ]
> > Subject: Re: CVS commit: src
> >
> > I would prefer that we NOT switch what we are using as tar(1) until
> > pax(1) supports all the right options so the change is transparent.
> 
> Pax(1) should *NEVER* support the long-name options used by the
> scripts.  The scripts must be changed.

Wrong answer, Mr. Woods. pax is going to be a full replacement for
tar(1) at some point and we aren't going to do that without supporting 
the existing option syntax so people's scripts don't break.

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