Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2004 19:50:04 -0800 From: Gordon Tetlow <gordon@FreeBSD.org> To: Tim Kientzle <kientzle@FreeBSD.org> Cc: cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/lib/libarchive Makefile README archive.h archive_check_magic.c archive_entry.3 archive_entry.c archive_entry.h archive_private.h archive_read.3 archive_read.c archive_read_data_into_buffer.c archive_read_data_into_fd.c archive_read_extract.c ... Message-ID: <20040210035004.GF660@spiff.melthusia.org> In-Reply-To: <200402092322.i19NMtkW066232@repoman.freebsd.org> References: <200402092322.i19NMtkW066232@repoman.freebsd.org>
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--a+b56+3nqLzpiR9O Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Feb 09, 2004 at 03:22:54PM -0800, Tim Kientzle wrote: > kientzle 2004/02/09 15:22:54 PST >=20 > FreeBSD src repository >=20 > Added files: > lib/libarchive Makefile README archive.h=20 > <snip massive number of files> > Log: > Initial import of libarchive. > =20 > What it is: > A library for reading and writing various streaming archive > formats, especially tar and cpio. Being a library, it should > be easy to incorporate into pkg_* tools, sysinstall, and any > other place that needs to read or write such archives. > =20 > Features: > * Full automatic detection of both compression and archive format. > * Extensible internal architecture to make it easy to add new formats. > * Support for "pax interchange format," a new POSIX-standard tar form= at > that eliminates essentially all of the restrictions of historic for= mats. > * BSD license > =20 > Thanks to: jkh for pushing me to start this work, gordon for > encouraging me to commit it, bde for answering endless style > questions, and many others for feedback and encouragement. > =20 > Status: Pretty good overall, though there are still a few rough edges a= nd > the library could always use more testing. Feedback eagerly solicite= d. Great! I'm glad to see you finally got this committed. -gordon --a+b56+3nqLzpiR9O Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFAKFTsRu2t9DV9ZfsRAsh8AKDUNJPrUiUhNVedvx3cJPQk6zfwPQCgtV/D QewYacnhfajclOmcEmzR6mk= =aXAE -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --a+b56+3nqLzpiR9O--
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