Re: [Bug-tar] Short option name for --use-compress-program

[Helmut Waitzmann]

Antonio Diaz Diaz <address@hidden> writes:

>I was going to send a patch adding support for lzip files to tar but, given
>that lzop and maybe other compression programs are already waiting for such
>support and also that we are already scrapping the bottom of the barrel
>regarding short option names, instead I propose to assign a short name to
>the option --use-compress-program.
>
>I think this is a neat way of solving the recurrent problem of adding
>support for new compression formats.

I can't see any problem with the option "--use-compress-program".  As
short option names are a scarce resource, I suggest to not use a short
option name for that purpose.

In my opinion short option names should be only used for options that are
compatible with other vendors' tar programs.

Helmut
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