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Subject: gnu/44196: tar (sort option)
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>Number:         44196
>Category:       gnu
>Synopsis:       tar (sort option)
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Thu Oct 17 23:20:01 PDT 2002
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Joe Public
>Release:        i386 FreeBSD 4.7-RELEASE
>Organization:
no org
>Environment:
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>Description:
tar is LONG overdue for a sort option.
>How-To-Repeat:
find -s/xargs/tar is a kludge and doesn't
                preserve owner/perms nor empty directories.
>Fix:
dunno.
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:

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