Date: Sun, 19 Jun 2005 23:03:12 -0700 From: Tim Kientzle <tim@kientzle.com> To: Peter Jeremy <PeterJeremy@optushome.com.au> Cc: Tim Kientzle <kientzle@freebsd.org>, freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Replace /rescue/vi with mined(1) from DragonFlyBSD Message-ID: <42B65C20.3080809@kientzle.com> In-Reply-To: <20050619193939.GR50157@cirb503493.alcatel.com.au> References: <20050617214658.GA41804@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> <58826.1119044951@critter.freebsd.dk> <20050617220222.GA42080@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> <20050617220653.GA114@saltmine.radix.net> <20050617221353.GA48584@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> <20050618061603.GM50157@cirb503493.alcatel.com.au> <20050619033904.GB3061@dragon.NUXI.org> <20050619070640.GQ50157@cirb503493.alcatel.com.au> <42B5C0BC.40904@freebsd.org> <20050619193939.GR50157@cirb503493.alcatel.com.au>
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Peter Jeremy wrote: > On Sun, 2005-Jun-19 12:00:12 -0700, Tim Kientzle wrote: > >>Peter Jeremy wrote: >> >>>According to tar(1) and libarchive-formats(3), yes it read anything that >>>pax can. (It can't write cpio but I don't see that as a requirement in >>>/rescue). >> >>Yes, it can write cpio. (Posix octet-oriented cpio format, also called >>'odc cpio' Other variants are easy to add if there's demand.) > > > libarchive-formats(3) states: > Tar Formats > The libarchive(3) library can read most tar archives. However, it only > writes POSIX-standard ``ustar'' and ``pax interchange'' formats. > > But tar(1) does state it can write cpio. I skipped from tar(1) to > libarchive-formats(3) too quickly and missed that, sorry. > > I think that just strengthens my argument that having pax in /rescue > is redundant, superfluous and unnecessary :-). > libarchive-formats(3) also states: Cpio Formats The libarchive library can read a number of common cpio variants and can write ``odc'' format archives. Separate sections detail support for Shar, ISO9660, and Zip formats, as well. ;-) Tim
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