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Subject: tar needs bzip2 to use tar -y
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>Number:         11038
>Category:       gnu
>Synopsis:       tar needs bzip2 from ports
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       critical
>Priority:       high
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          closed
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:  
>Class:          change-request
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Thu Apr  8 19:50:00 PDT 1999
>Closed-Date:    Fri Jul 23 08:08:58 PDT 1999
>Last-Modified:  Fri Jul 23 08:10:44 PDT 1999
>Originator:     Glenn Johnson
>Release:        FreeBSD 4.0-CURRENT i386
>Organization:
>Environment:

	

>Description:

	The tar command now has the -y flag for handling bzip2
archives. However, bzip2 is a port. It doesn't seem like a utility 
in the base system should depend on a port for any part of its
functionality.

>How-To-Repeat:

	Try to use tar -y when bzip2 is not installed from the port.

>Fix:
	
	Not sure. Add bzip2 to base system, remove -y flag from tar, or have
 tar output a nice error message when tar -y is attempted without bzip2
present.


>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
State-Changed-From-To: open->closed 
State-Changed-By: n_hibma 
State-Changed-When: Fri Jul 23 08:08:58 PDT 1999 
State-Changed-Why:  
It clearly states that it cannot find bzip2 ('No such file or directory') 
The man page says 'filter through bzip2' which I think indicates that 
the bzip2 is external. bzip2 in the base distribution will not 
hap-pen anytime soon. Installing it from ports is easy enough. 
>Unformatted:
