Date: Mon, 15 May 2000 17:00:30 -0400 (EDT) From: Garrett Wollman <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> To: Doug Barton <DougB@gorean.org> Cc: freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: New packaging tool (was Re: Applying patches with out a compiler) Message-ID: <200005152100.RAA41227@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> In-Reply-To: <391E4BCC.6EA3DB59@gorean.org> References: <Pine.NEB.3.96L.1000512123717.44824A-100000@fledge.watson.org> <E12qJVg-0005ow-00@xi.css.qmw.ac.uk> <107101bfbc60$aabeb350$040aa8c0@local.mindstep.com> <391C9CBC.4E0ED8E5@softweyr.com> <200005130137.TAA09188@nomad.yogotech.com> <391E4BCC.6EA3DB59@gorean.org>
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<<On Sat, 13 May 2000 23:46:36 -0700, Doug Barton <DougB@gorean.org> said: > I concur. I've always wondered why (info-)zip hasn't enjoyed more > popularity in the unix world. I used it extensively back when I ran > OS/2, and it has a lot of nice features. Because post-archive-compression compresses better, if the contents of the files are similar. Also because people have a 25-year history with `tar', `ar', and similar UNIX programs; the `zip' and `unzip' programs have a non-intuitive command-line syntax, by comparison. -GAWollman To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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