Date: Tue, 09 Jul 2002 23:22:31 -0700 From: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> To: Archie Cobbs <archie@dellroad.org> Cc: Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com>, Dan Moschuk <dan@FreeBSD.ORG>, Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@ofug.org>, Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com>, arch@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Package system flaws? Message-ID: <3D2BD2A7.F77DDB93@mindspring.com> References: <200207100358.g6A3w4D25814@arch20m.dellroad.org>
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Archie Cobbs wrote: > Dan Nelson writes: > > > tar has a limitation which I've encountered: suppose you have a port > > > that installs a man page with lots of references (i.e., hard linked > > > files with different names with a single underlying file). Then in > > > tar format, you get the same file copied N times. If we used cpio > > > instead (for example) then it "knows" how to handle hard links. > > > > Tar handles hardlinks just fine. > > Oops, you're right... don't know how I got that idea in my head. > OK me shut up now :-) It's a GNU tar thing; real tar acts the way you say, and also has problems with holey files, etc.. We used to use cpio for nearly everything back in the old days at Century Software (mid-late 80's). -- Terry To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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