[issue1886] Permit to easily use distutils "--formats=tar, gztar, bztar" on all systems

[anatoly techtonik]

anatoly techtonik <techtonik at gmail.com> added the comment:

Roumen, could you be more specific about what are you trying to say with
this 200kB piece of code? Was it the intention to post a link to man or
another piece of spec?

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