Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2004 14:41:46 -0400 From: Bill Vermillion <bv@wjv.com> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: NEW TAR Message-ID: <20040729184146.GA29218@wjv.com> In-Reply-To: <20040729174534.F24EA16A4D3@hub.freebsd.org> References: <20040729174534.F24EA16A4D3@hub.freebsd.org>
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In freebsd-current Digest, Vol 70, Issue 13 > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2004 13:59:20 +0200 (CEST) > From: Barry Bouwsma > <freebsd-misuser@remove-NOSPAM-to-reply.NOSPAM.dyndns.dk> > Subject: Re: NEW TAR > To: Tim Kientzle <kientzle@freebsd.org> > Cc: stable@freebsd.org > Message-ID: <200407291159.i6TBxKj01347@Mail.NOSPAM.DynDNS.dK> > [introduced to freebsd-stable@ , don't bother replying directly to me] > On Sat, 17 Jul 2004 10:37:28 -0700, Tim Kientzle proclaimed: > > > By default, /usr/bin/tar is now a symlink pointing > > to /usr/bin/bsdtar. > [in -current] > > [...] > > > * Portability: gtar is portable to many different Unix and non-Unix > > systems. bsdtar supports standard file formats that are widely > > supported by other implementations. There are efforts to port > > bsdtar to other platforms. > Would it be possible to include patches similar to (or based > upon) the following diffs, in order to get `bsdtar' to compile > cleanly under my (older) 4.x -- based on checking out HEAD of > libarchive and bsdtar from the CVS repository? (I haven't looked > for source otherwise, sorry; this is to make an future MFC more > compatible with older 4.x) The bsdtar in /usr/ports on my 4.10 compiles with nothing more than typing 'make'. Are your ports up to date, or is there something I'm missing here? > End of freebsd-current Digest, Vol 70, Issue 13 > *********************************************** -- Bill Vermillion - bv @ wjv . com
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