Date: Tue, 27 May 2008 13:16:07 +0100 From: Tony Finch <dot@dotat.at> To: Colin Percival <cperciva@freebsd.org> Cc: cvs-src@freebsd.org, Tim Kientzle <kientzle@freebsd.org>, src-committers@freebsd.org, cvs-all@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/usr.bin/cpio Makefile bsdcpio.1 cmdline.c config_freebsd.h cpio.c cpio.h cpio_platform.h err.c matching.c matching.h pathmatch.c pathmatch.h src/usr.bin/cpio/test Makefile main.c test.h test_0.c test_basic.c test_format_newc.c ... Message-ID: <alpine.LSU.1.00.0805271314460.2679@hermes-1.csi.cam.ac.uk> In-Reply-To: <483B0264.2030508@freebsd.org> References: <200805261715.m4QHFZUK070554@repoman.freebsd.org> <20080526172717.GA93432@freebsd.org> <483AFE87.6020103@freebsd.org> <483B011D.9000606@freebsd.org> <483B0264.2030508@freebsd.org>
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On Mon, 26 May 2008, Colin Percival wrote: > > What I really meant was "three different general-purpose > archiving/dearchiving tools in the base system". I wasn't counting ar > since I've never seen it used for anything except libraries, The .deb format is an ar file containing two .tar.gz files (for data and metadata). Tony. -- f.anthony.n.finch <dot@dotat.at> http://dotat.at/ NORTH FITZROY SOLE: MAINLY NORTHERLY 5 OR 6, BECOMING VARIABLE 3 OR 4, BUT CYCLONIC AT FIRST IN NORTH FITZROY. MODERATE OR ROUGH, OCCASIONALLY VERY ROUGH AT FIRST. SHOWERS. MODERATE, OCCASIONALLY POOR.
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