Re: [Bug-tar] Compilation/configuration errors with tar-1.15

[Jim Reid]

>>>>> "Sergey" == Sergey Poznyakoff <address@hidden> writes:

    >> However the compilations fail with the same error. On MacOSX:

    Sergey> Please use the latest release, 1.15.1.

Sorry, I missed that. The latest release is fine.

    >> BTW, it would also be *very* nice if GNU tar used SSH instead
    >> of rsh as the remote shell.

    Sergey> Use --rsh-command command line option: `tar
    Sergey> --rsh-command=/usr/bin/ssh'.  You may wish to add it to
    Sergey> your TAR_OPTIONS environment variable.  Otherwise, if you
    Sergey> want to change the default, define RHS environment
    Sergey> variable when configuring, e.g.:

    Sergey>    ./configure RHS=/usr/bin/ssh ...

Thanks for the tip. Could this be added to the documentation? I really
think that SSH should be the default however. rsh use should be
deprecated. These days, nobody with a clue uses rsh. I've not used rshh
since 1996 or theresabouts.