[darcs-devel] [darcs #318] "darcs dist" is not portable

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Mon Apr 04 06:14:28 2005: New ticket: 318.
Transaction: Ticket created by guest
       Queue: Darcs
     Subject: "darcs dist" is not portable
       Owner: Nobody
  Requestors: clive at darkarts.co.za
      Status: new
 Ticket <URL: http://bugs.darcs.net/.//Ticket/Display.html?id=318 >

darcs dist does not work at all in FreeBSD.

output:
% darcs dist -v
tar: Error opening archive: Failed to open '/dev/sa0': No such file or
directory


currently darcs makes assumptions about the default 'file'. it Should be
set explicitly.

from the FreeBSD tar man page:

-f file
   Read the archive from or write the archive to the specified file.
   The filename can be - for standard input or standard output.  If
   not specified, the default tape device will be used.  (On
   FreeBSD, the default tape device is /dev/sa0.)