bsdtar: do not provide tar alternative #18833
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if we're dropping the alternative here, why not just drop it in |
q66
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Feb 6, 2020
Alternative for tar was introduced to make switch from gnu tar to bsdtar in base-devel easier. However, bsdtar has different interface than gnu tar, and with alternatives using gnu tar as tar is actually harder when it is needed. There are also many user-used scripts assuming gnu tar, which are broken now. They should not be affected because of internal matters of packaging.
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Dropped gtar as well, but will need to check if it work. Doing same for cc didn't succeed recently.
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Alternative for tar was introduced to make switch from gnu tar to bsdtar in base-devel easier.
However, bsdtar has different interface than gnu tar, and with alternatives using gnu tar as tar is actually harder when it is needed.
There are also many user-used scripts assuming gnu tar, which are broken now. They should not be affected because of internal matters of packaging.