FAI ignores base.tgz in <configspace>/basefiles

[Thomas Neumann]

hiya

Henning Sprang wrote:
> Jens Classen wrote:
>> It takes notice of the archie though, as
>> renaming the archive to UBUNTU.tar.gz brings up an error message, that
>> only tgz-files are supported.

> Strange. Until recently, it was the exact contrary - only tar.gz was
> supported.

> ( @Thomas: Changing it that way is not a good idea in my opinion,
> because it breaks compatibility with existing setups, and it would be
> simply nice and convenient for users to accept .tar.gz _and_ .tgz. )

I second that motion. The <class>.tar.gz and base.tgz difference is
something that irks me too - but back then I shrugged it off as "It's just
the way it is."

tschüß
thomas