From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Van L Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: [found the culprit] Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2018 17:45:43 +1100 Message-ID: References: <875zx1xgiq.fsf@mat.ucm.es> <83lg5w9956.fsf@gnu.org> <87d0r76ewm.fsf_-_@mat.ucm.es> <87tvkjq2mh.fsf_-_@mat.ucm.es> <834lcj8y1f.fsf@gnu.org> <83sh0377n6.fsf@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 9.3 \(3124\)) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1542350665 18068 195.159.176.226 (16 Nov 2018 06:44:25 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2018 06:44:25 +0000 (UTC) To: Emacs developers Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Nov 16 07:44:21 2018 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1gNXrZ-0004ad-2T for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 16 Nov 2018 07:44:21 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:42390 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gNXtf-0003bU-C0 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 16 Nov 2018 01:46:31 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:36856) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gNXt6-0003ZP-Hw for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 16 Nov 2018 01:45:57 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gNXt1-0000kd-QQ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 16 Nov 2018 01:45:56 -0500 Original-Received: from relay10.mail.gandi.net ([217.70.178.230]:50251) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gNXt1-0000jU-KR for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 16 Nov 2018 01:45:51 -0500 Original-Received: from epi.local (14-203-214-4.tpgi.com.au [14.203.214.4]) (Authenticated sender: van@scratch.space) by relay10.mail.gandi.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 4F1C624000B for ; Fri, 16 Nov 2018 06:45:47 +0000 (UTC) In-Reply-To: X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.3124) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 217.70.178.230 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:231177 Archived-At: >> AFAICT Emacs has unpacked .tar.gz when asked to uncompress them for = many >> years and noone has complained about it so far. >=20 > This discussion has exlained so many problems I have been having with = Z on tar files. No i did not complain but thought i must have mistyped = something or put a thimbpalm on the bl**dy track pad, and so I avoid = usung emacs for some things I used to do. I don=E2=80=99t use the feature; but, if I am going to, in a situation = where I know I won=E2=80=99t run out of storage space, I=E2=80=99d want = to save on time and be quick and default to the one step to tar and = back. I=E2=80=99d only want to consider the two step to tar.gz and back = at 80% of storage consumed or I intend to send a sizeable copy across = the net to save time.=