Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2004 22:34:07 +0000 From: Andrew Sinclair <syncman@optusnet.com.au> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: tar fix soon (was: Re: 5.3-RC2 tar breaks operation with "(null)") Message-ID: <41ACF55F.3010102@optusnet.com.au> In-Reply-To: <20041117155007.GA71692@xor.obsecurity.org> References: <419A5AAB.7080409@optusnet.com.au> <20041116213536.GG17125@xor.obsecurity.org> <419B8175.6060506@optusnet.com.au> <20041117155007.GA71692@xor.obsecurity.org>
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Kris Kennaway wrote: >On Wed, Nov 17, 2004 at 04:51:01PM +0000, Andrew Sinclair wrote: > > >>So a PPT and a PNG were garbled. No big deal. Since bsdtar is now the >>default Tape ARchiver, shouldn't it include the options of its >>predecessor? I would assert --ignore-zero on plain files and allow >>--ignore-failed-read at least. >> >> > >You can (and should) discuss this with the author, but bsdtar isn't >currently intended to be a 100% replacement for gtar, particularly for >the more obscure options. If you need gtar, you can always use it >instead. > > > For those of you who are following this thread, I have contacted the author and he will be adding these two options.
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