Date: Tue, 7 Jun 2011 00:01:13 +0300 From: Alex Kozlov <spam@rm-rf.kiev.ua> To: Xin LI <delphij@gmail.com>, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: archivers/unzip vs tar -xf Message-ID: <20110606210113.GA27789@ravenloft.kiev.ua>
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On Mon, Jun 06, 2011 at 11:50:36AM -0700, Xin LI wrote: > On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 10:20 AM, Eir Nym <eirnym@gmail.com> wrote: >> Since FreeBSD 5.4.0-Release libarchive(3) support to unpack zip files. >> Why not to use it to unpack distributives to workdir? >> >> I've downloaded all distros and tried to unpack them all with tar(1) >> with no problems. I use FreeBSD 9.0-CURRENT r222717. > I think the reason is that at the beginning tar(1) does not work for a > little fraction of distfiles, but yes, I think it's reasonable to take > a step forward and add a new option to force using the info-zip > implementation. Firstly, pr153429 need to be committed, after this exp-run with native unzip must be done. While only 4-5 distributives can't be extracted by native unzip, problem with incorrect permissions after extraction exists in significant numbers of cases. -- Adios
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