+ /* Parse base-64 output produced only by tar test versions
+ 1.13.6 (1999-08-11) through 1.13.11 (1999-08-23).
+ Support for this will be withdrawn in future releases. */
How serendipitous it is that after recalling this curious comment in GNU tar, re-retrieving it for my own personal notes, tracking down the diff, and scrutinizing the dates rather than glossing over them reveals that this was added one decade ago. So I thought I'd share.
Bugger. This was my first post to HN, and I just took a look at the approach to comments (which doesn't appear on the submission page...), and it appears this is "shallowly interesting".
Paul Eggert. Diff to list.c. GNU tar. line 611. 1999 September 22. Retrieved 2009 September 21, from http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/tar.git/commit/?id=e4e62484...
How serendipitous it is that after recalling this curious comment in GNU tar, re-retrieving it for my own personal notes, tracking down the diff, and scrutinizing the dates rather than glossing over them reveals that this was added one decade ago. So I thought I'd share.
Bugger. This was my first post to HN, and I just took a look at the approach to comments (which doesn't appear on the submission page...), and it appears this is "shallowly interesting".