From owner-cvs-all Mon Jan 20 16:27:40 2003 Delivered-To: cvs-all@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A76C337B401; Mon, 20 Jan 2003 16:27:38 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtp-relay.omnis.com (smtp-relay.omnis.com [216.239.128.27]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 26FF243F18; Mon, 20 Jan 2003 16:27:38 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from wes@softweyr.com) Received: from [192.168.0.5] (dslpool3-015.networldnoc.net [209.63.227.207]) by smtp-relay.omnis.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id ABB6942ED8; Mon, 20 Jan 2003 16:27:36 -0800 (PST) Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports/archivers/untar pkg-descr From: Wes Peters To: Kris Kennaway Cc: Edwin Groothuis , cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org In-Reply-To: <20030120102435.GA93082@rot13.obsecurity.org> References: <200301200854.h0K8slaE075823@repoman.freebsd.org> <20030120102435.GA93082@rot13.obsecurity.org> Content-Type: text/plain Organization: Softweyr LLC Message-Id: <1043083606.2850.1391.camel@zaphod.softweyr.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.2.0 Date: 20 Jan 2003 17:26:47 +0000 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, 2003-01-20 at 10:24, Kris Kennaway wrote: > On Mon, Jan 20, 2003 at 12:54:47AM -0800, Edwin Groothuis wrote: > > edwin 2003/01/20 00:54:47 PST > > > > Modified files: > > archivers/untar pkg-descr > > Log: > > Make pkg-descr a little bit more descriptive. > > +Tool to list and extract files from a "*.tgz" or "*.gz" archive > > Thanks, but I still don't see why this is useful. We have several at > least two tools in the base system to extract tar archives (tar and > pax). What extra functionality or justification does this port have? bash-2.05b$ size untar /usr/bin/tar text data bss dec hex filename 54872 4356 35904 95132 1739c untar 286039 6816 28304 321159 4e687 /usr/bin/tar * AUTHOR & COPYRIGHT INFO: * Written by Steve Kirkendall, kirkenda@cs.pdx.edu * Placed in public domain, 6 October 1995 * * Portions derived from inflate.c -- Not copyrighted 1992 by Mark Adler * version c10p1, 10 January 1993 It's small and it's unemcumbered, those are both good qualifications for a flash-based appliance. Fair enough? -- Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket? Wes Peters wes@softweyr.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message