On Fri, Jul 17, 2009 at 09:56:34PM -0700, Tim Kientzle wrote: > Do we need Joliet extensions on the release ISOs? > > The reason I ask is a little involved: jkim_at_ recently > pointed out to me that tar in -CURRENT can no longer > extract symlinks from the release ISOs. > > I tracked this down to the fact that the release ISOs > have both Joliet and RockRidge extensions and tar now > supports (and actually prefers) Joliet extensions when > it sees them. Joliet doesn't support symlinks, so tar > doesn't see symlinks on disks with both kinds of extensions. > > There's a workaround that people can use for now: > tar xf image.iso --options=!joliet > disables the Joliet support. > > I'm curious whether removing the -J option from > /usr/src/release/*/mkisoimages.sh is an option. What is the reason for prefering Juliet in tar? Can't we just swap the preference? John -- John Hay -- jhay_at_meraka.csir.co.za / jhay_at_FreeBSD.orgReceived on Sun Jul 19 2009 - 05:55:03 UTC
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