From: Johannes Schindelin Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2007 14:25:19 GMT Subject: Re: [PATCH] import-tars: use Archive::Tar instead of unpack() Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <1171289831.629.6.camel@ibook.zvpunry.de> Hi, On Mon, 12 Feb 2007, Michael Loeffler wrote: > this is less obscure, does not use gzcat (which is often installed as > zcat) and it is shorter. ... and it relies on a package which is usually not installed. Whereas you can symbolically link zcat to gzcat. Ciao, Dscho