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Date:      Tue, 04 May 2004 20:31:32 -0700
From:      Tim Kientzle <tim@kientzle.com>
To:        Peter Jeremy <peter.jeremy@alcatel.com.au>
Cc:        Andrew.Li@alcatel.com.au
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/usr.bin/tar fts.c fts.h
Message-ID:  <40986014.4010507@kientzle.com>
In-Reply-To: <20040504232632.GA69416@gsmx07.alcatel.com.au>
References:  <200405041721.i44HL22l029797@repoman.freebsd.org> <20040504232632.GA69416@gsmx07.alcatel.com.au>

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Peter Jeremy wrote:
> On 2004-May-04 10:21:02 -0700, Tim Kientzle <kientzle@freebsd.org> wrote:
>>kientzle    2004/05/04 10:21:02 PDT
>>
>> FreeBSD src repository
>>
>> Added files:
>>   usr.bin/tar          fts.c fts.h 
>> Log:
>> Include local copies of fts.c and fts.h to be used ONLY on non-FreeBSD
>> systems.  The fts.h here is an exact copy of include/fts.h (except for
>> an initial explanatory comment and the revision tags, of course).  The
>> fts.c here is slightly modified from lib/libc/gen/fts.c so it can
>> compile correctly on non-FreeBSD systems.
> 
> 
> Since a colleague of mine has just finished porting fts(3) to Tru64,

Patches?

> was interested in the changes you needed to make.  Having looked, it
> seems that your changes are primarily aimed at Linux compatibility
> rather than general portability ...

So far, I've heard reports from people using bsdtar/libarchive on
FreeBSD 5, FreeBSD 4, and Linux.  If someone sends me patches for
another system, I'm happy to integrate them.  <hint, hint>  ;-)

> Also, why wasn't this done as a repocopy?  This would have made it far
> easier to see the changes.

Duh!  My inexperienced commiter-ness is showing through again,
isn't it?  <sigh>

Yes, this should have been a repo-copy.

Tim



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