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["Andraž 'ruskie' Levstik" <ruskie AT codemages.net>]

On 06:00:04 2008-04-16 "Javier Vasquez" <jevv.cr AT gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> As of Today's latest test grimoire update the tar spell requires a
> patch to support lzma-utils:
> 
> #default_pre_build     &&
> cd $SOURCE_DIRECTORY
> 
> if is_depends_enabled $SPELL lzma-utils; then
>   patch -p1 < $SPELL_DIRECTORY/tar_lzma.diff
> fi
> 
> Looking at the patch itself it looks like it supposes that lzma is not
> supported at all by tar, see for example at tar_lzma.diff:
> 
> -  ct_bzip2
> +  ct_bzip2,
> +  ct_lzma
>  };
> 
> However after the last test grimoire upgrade, that support seems to be
> already included:
> 
> buffer.c
> ----------
> enum compress_type {
>   ct_none,
>   ct_compress,
>   ct_gzip,
>   ct_bzip2,
>   ct_lzma
> };
> ...
> tar.c
> ------
>     case LZMA_OPTION:
>       set_use_compress_program_option ("lzma");
> ...
> 
> Looks like the patch is NO longer required.  Actually the patch fails
> if applied.  So although I have lzma-utils installed, answering NO to
> its usage for the tar spell cast is the best option right now.
> 
> Is this known already? I see no comments on this yet, neither a bug
> filed...
> 
> Thanks,
> 
Good to know...

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