4975 – files of different structure use the same suffix: tbz2

Bug 4975 - files of different structure use the same suffix: tbz2

Summary: files of different structure use the same suffix: tbz2

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	[OLD] Core system (show other bugs)
Hardware:	x86 Linux

Importance:	High normal (vote)
Assignee:	Daniel Robbins (RETIRED)

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Reported:	2002-07-14 02:42 UTC by Ulf Bartelt (RETIRED)
Modified:	2003-02-04 19:42 UTC (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

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Description Ulf Bartelt (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2002-07-14 02:42:10 UTC

the stage tarballs and the binary packages are using the same suffix but are not
files of the *same* structure.

my suggestion is that a suffix should only be used for exactly one structure.

the structures differ as untaring shows by commenting the trailing garbage.

my suggestion: using tar.bz2 for the *real* tarballs like the stageX files.

Comment 1 Ulf Bartelt (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2002-07-26 05:06:06 UTC

I just was reminded of this thing again:  I use bash_completion a lot and wanted
to unpack a stage3 tarball.  bash_completion will not expand tbz2 filenames on
hitting tab which is ok in my eyes.

Please think about renaming the stage tarballs to tar.bz2...

Comment 2 Daniel Robbins (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2002-09-03 13:00:31 UTC

OK, on the to-do list for the 1.4_rc1 release :)