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Re: [Bug-tar] Compilation/configuration errors with tar-1.15
From: |
Jim Reid |
Subject: |
Re: [Bug-tar] Compilation/configuration errors with tar-1.15 |
Date: |
Sun, 03 Apr 2005 14:30:35 +0100 |
>>>>> "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.