On Mon, 15 Apr 2024 19:48:22 +0200, Jeremie Courreges-Anglas wrote:

> One drawback of switching tar(1) to use 'pax' write format by default
> is that tar(1) doesn't give the user a generic way to specify a format
> (-o and -O suck).  So the diff below uses -F for that.  GNU tar uses
> -H (already used) and FreeBSD/NetBSD tar use --format and we don't
> want long options.
>
> -o handling becomes slightly brittle but I have plans to
>  butcher^Wimprove that option anyway.
>
> Input and reviews welcome.  ok?

I suppose we can't easily repurpose the -H flag this late in the
game (though I suspect is has few or no users).  Using -F for this
is reasonable and more mnemonic than -H anyway.

OK millert@

 - todd