Re: LYNX-DEV typo in Lynx2-7 LYLocal.c ?

[Ismael Cordeiro]

Thanh Ma wrote:

> > GNU tar doesn't have the -e option and chokes when it finds one. When I
> > compile Lynx I replace -xfe with -xf and -cfe with -cf in LYLocal.c.
> 
> Removing the -e should do no harm.

Yes, but leaving it there does. I compiled Lynx 2.7 twice leaving -xfe and
-cfe and replacing them with -xef and -cef. Here are the results of trying
to tar the about_lynx directory and to untar about_lynx.tar:

-cfe
----
 
/local/bin/tar: can't add file about_lynx.tar : No such file or directory
 
-cef
----
 
/local/bin/tar: illegal option -- e
/local/bin/tar: Unknown option.  Use '/local/bin/tar --help' for a complete 
list of options.
 
-xfe
----
 
/local/bin/tar: /tmp/ismael/lynx2-7/about_lynx.tar not found in archive
 
-xef
 
/local/bin/tar: illegal option -- e
/local/bin/tar: Unknown option.  Use '/local/bin/tar --help' for a complete 
list of options.
 
It seems that GNU tar takes the "e" after the "f" as the argument of option
-f.

Ismael
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