Subject: Re: bin/695: tar won't restore files that are not writable by owner
To: None <nate@bsd.coe.montana.edu>
From: Charles M. Hannum <mycroft@gnu.ai.mit.edu>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 01/04/1995 19:08:05 
   > But if that is done, please make sure the compression is done BEFORE the
   > blocking and not after, like GNU tar is doing.

   Current, .tar.gz means doing the
   blocking after since it follows the 'unix way' of doing things with
   filters.

I'm not sure I see your point.  It seems to me that's exactly what
Thorsten is asking for.

I think Thorsten is confused, though.