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Date:      Mon, 3 Jun 2002 15:14:23 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Paul Herman <pherman@frenchfries.net>
To:        Maxim Sobolev <sobomax@FreeBSD.ORG>
Cc:        current@FreeBSD.ORG, <re@FreeBSD.ORG>, <cvs@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Updating GNU Tar in the base system
Message-ID:  <20020603151118.X80740-100000@mammoth.eat.frenchfries.net>
In-Reply-To: <3CFBCA0A.32542302@FreeBSD.org>

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On Mon, 3 Jun 2002, Maxim Sobolev wrote:

> However, before proceeding I would like to get an advice with regard
> to the most appropriate procedure for doing the upgrade.

This came up in another list somewhere (don't know off hand), but
you might also consider having tar wrap around pax.

OpenBSD has already done this, so your work might be already done!
:-)

-Paul.


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