Primarily Ubuntu, I'm not sure if this worked on my laptop when I was using Arch a couple years ago... I'd estimate the behavior has been around since 2008-2009.
I've found the option[1], but it's not in my alias list.
Edit: Changelog says Version 1.20 (2008-04-14) introduced the --auto-compress option
I've found the option[1], but it's not in my alias list.
Edit: Changelog says Version 1.20 (2008-04-14) introduced the --auto-compress option
[1]: http://www.gnu.org/software/tar/manual/html_node/gzip.html#a...