Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2001 13:24:47 -0700 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org> Cc: obrien@FreeBSD.ORG, Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, audit@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: pax(1) gzip functionality Message-ID: <20010426132447.F2224@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <200104261542.f3QFgiM61575@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org>; from brian@Awfulhak.org on Thu, Apr 26, 2001 at 04:42:44PM %2B0100 References: <obrien@FreeBSD.ORG> <200104261542.f3QFgiM61575@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Thu, Apr 26, 2001 at 04:42:44PM +0100, Brian Somers wrote: > > On Thu, Apr 26, 2001 at 02:54:25AM -0700, Kris Kennaway wrote: > > > Please review the following code from OpenBSD; it adds -z and -Z > > > options to pax(1) to gzip(1) the archives created. > > > > Sigh. They could have generalized this just a little and supported Bzip2 > > at the same time. Please let me know after you commit this so I can do > > this. > > Is this necessary ? What's the problem with using a pipe ? Isn't > this the same argument as the xargs one we've just gotten through ? > > Maybe I'm missing something... This is useful in tar compatibility mode, and therefore it may as well be used for pax mode too. Kris [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.4 (FreeBSD) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE66IQOWry0BWjoQKURApMAAJ0b2gV50V8vZE+CXNL61eMPbvoGXgCg4NdA ZWJBYg4lt4z8wTFXsa9T8fU= =HTGZ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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