Re: [boost] [1.47.0] Beta 1 Release candidate files available

Subject: Re: [boost] [1.47.0] Beta 1 Release candidate files available
From: Beman Dawes (bdawes_at_[hidden])
Date: 2011-06-20 20:13:05

On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 4:02 PM, Jeremiah Willcock <jewillco_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> On Mon, 20 Jun 2011, Beman Dawes wrote:
>>...
>> The tar being used is tar (GNU tar) 1.25
>> Packaged by Cygwin (1.25-1)
>>
>> The command used is:
>>
>>    tar cfz %1.tar.gz %1
>>
>> I'm not a regular tar user, so would need advice on how to solve the
>> problem. I don't even know what a GID is.
>
> There are --owner=n and --group=n flags to GNU tar for creating archives;
> the info page suggests that both are often set to 0, which should fix the
> problem.

The --help message says:

      --group=NAME           force NAME as group for added files
      --owner=NAME           force NAME as owner for added files

so is --numeric-owner also required?

      --numeric-owner        always use numbers for user/group names

--Beman