Re: Link t the souce code

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)alvh(dot)no-ip(dot)org>
Cc: Peter Eisentraut <peter(dot)eisentraut(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>, "Jonathan S(dot) Katz" <jkatz(at)postgresql(dot)org>, "Daniel Westermann (DWE)" <daniel(dot)westermann(at)dbi-services(dot)com>, "pgsql-docs(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-docs(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Link t the souce code
Date: 2021-07-21 17:42:54
Message-ID: 712102.1626889374@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)alvh(dot)no-ip(dot)org> writes:
> Oh, so the current `tar x` knows to uncompress the file without any
> additional options? I've been pointlessly adding 'z', 'j', 'a' for years ...

I wonder whether that's GNU-tar-specific. But we have GNU-isms
elsewhere, eg we removed references to "gmake" years ago. If someone
is dealing with a tar program that needs the extra option, they
probably know what to do.

> That means we can remove the `gunzip` line and replace it with nothing.
> WFM ...

WFM too. The other thing I wonder about is whether the example shouldn't
be assuming that you chose the .bz2 file instead of the .gz one.

regards, tom lane

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