Re: Extensions to Tar

[Gerhard Poul]

> > Yes, it is difficult to get right, isn't it?
> 
> No kidding, this is my first time using zlib and first look at the tar 
> source code. I must say I'm very impressed with the cleanness of tar's 
> code, this hack only took me 24 hours =)

I may be wrong but I don't think that's the answer paul expected...

If I remember correctly I heard completely different things from him
about the cleanness of tar's code :-)

> > It would have to be buildable without zlib.  Not every platform has
> > zlib.  'configure' should have a --with-zlib=PATH option (see how
> > OpenSSH does it, for example).
> 
> OK, I will try and add this, although I'm not that familiar with autoconf 
> either =)

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I'll try to help you.