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tar package

tar should suggest xz-utils

Bug #512058 reported by dirakx on 2010-01-24

This bug affects 2 people

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to
	tar (Debian)	Fix Released	Unknown	debbugs #523499
	tar (Ubuntu)	Fix Released	Wishlist	Unassigned
Nominated for Lucid by Robert Readman

Binary package hint: tar

Package: tar
Version: 1.22-1
Severity: wishlist

while using tar.xz files one have to install xz-utils, tar should suggest that in order to uncompress this kind of files.

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dirakx (dirakx) wrote on 2010-01-24:

tested on 10.04 LTS Lucid Lynx

Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater) on 2010-01-24

Changed in tar (Debian):
status:	Unknown → New

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Philip Muškovac (yofel) wrote on 2010-01-24:

Thank you for your bug report. This bug has already been reported to the maintainers of the package. You can track it and make comments at: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=523499

Changed in tar (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Confirmed

C de-Avillez (hggdh2) on 2010-01-25

Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater) on 2010-01-27

Changed in tar (Debian):
status:	New → Fix Committed

Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater) on 2010-04-01

Changed in tar (Debian):
status:	Fix Committed → Fix Released

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Mathew Hodson (mhodson) wrote on 2016-07-12:

tar suggests xz-utils as of tar (1.23-1)

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