> > > What version of tar understands how to ungzip a .gz file?
> > >
> > > Is this what the 'z' flag is for?
> >
> >       gnu tar supports the 'z' flag to uncompress and untar at the same
> > time...
>
> This sucks.  As a group that seems to not like GNU (or at least their
> license), we require enough of their tools to compile/install postgres.
>
> Off to see the wizard at the gnu ftp site...

Quit whining and send in some patches :) I hacked those makefiles at the end
of a 10 hour push to get the docs wrapped up. The best thing that could be
said for them is that they seemed to work on my machine (and I guess on
postgresql.org now that I think about it).

Could we just replace the "tar zxf" with "uncompress ... | tar xf"? Does
anyone else have a strong opinion on (or experience with) makefiles for the
postgres distribution who want to help Darren get out from under the gnu
usage??

                                                   - Tom

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• Re: [HACKERS] doc troubles. at 1998-03-03 04:10:31 from Bruce Momjian

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