Date: Sun, 7 Jun 1998 19:10:57 +0200 From: Pierre Beyssac <pb@fasterix.freenix.org> To: Andreas Klemm <andreas@klemm.gtn.com>, Satoshi Asami <asami@FreeBSD.ORG>, andreas@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports/sysutils/gtar - Imported sources Message-ID: <19980607191057.A5436@fasterix.frmug.fr.net> In-Reply-To: <19980606144251.A26377@klemm.gtn.com>; from Andreas Klemm on Sat, Jun 06, 1998 at 02:42:51PM %2B0200 References: <199806061034.DAA09783@freefall.freebsd.org> <199806061040.DAA02047@silvia.HIP.Berkeley.EDU> <19980606144251.A26377@klemm.gtn.com>
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On Sat, Jun 06, 1998 at 02:42:51PM +0200, Andreas Klemm wrote:
> I still remember, how the import of the new bc broke some things.
>
> Since tar is a "build" tool for tar balls, for make release, for
> installing a FreeBSD and such, I didn't want to produce a "show
> stopper".
That's probably a wise choice, as I have been bitten myself by
differences between the latest GNU tar and 2.2.6/current tar.
E.g. if /usr/local is a symbolic link,
tar cfv myarchive.tar /usr/local/
(note the trailing /) FreeBSD tar archives the destination of the
link, whereas GNU tar archives just the link...
Can bite you really bad if you happen to backup stuff...
--
Pierre Beyssac pb@fasterix.frmug.org pb@fasterix.freenix.org
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