Re: Extra data in gnome-bluetooth tarballs

[Bastien Nocera <hadess hadess net>]

On Sun, 2011-03-27 at 14:33 +0200, Olav Vitters wrote:
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> If you put tar-ustar or tar-pax in AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE, maybe then it
> works? I don't know which one is best though. It says tar-ustar is
> pretty new, and tar-pax is really new and might not be supported...

Filed as https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=645830

> Tar calls it 'posix', not 'pax'. From above, I think it is best to
> choose tar-pax (as tar-ustar programs should support tar-pax pretty much
> automatically).
> 
> I guess this should be a GnomeGoal or something
> (https://live.gnome.org/GnomeGoals/ModernAutotools).

Added mention of tar-pax to the wiki page.