On 1 September 2015 at 17:31, Jim Davis <jim.epost@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> - Replace symlink to self with tar --transform > While probably everyone -- or almost everyone -- uses gnu tar, that > particular option isn't available in older versions of gnu tar > (https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/uk.comp.os.linux/-7LDdMSRo5w). > Perhaps something could be added to Documentation/Changes about the > gnu tar version required? Looking at the changelog, this was added to tar 1.16 which was released in 2006. Nine years sounds like a reasonable timeframe to expect a feature being available? Riku -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kbuild" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
