From owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jul 25 18:30:29 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@hub.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A360516A4CF for ; Sun, 25 Jul 2004 18:30:29 +0000 (GMT) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [216.136.204.21]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6C8BF43D1F for ; Sun, 25 Jul 2004 18:30:29 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (gnats@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id i6PIUSjk001694 for ; Sun, 25 Jul 2004 18:30:28 GMT (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.12.11/8.12.11/Submit) id i6PIUSn7001690; Sun, 25 Jul 2004 18:30:28 GMT (envelope-from gnats) Date: Sun, 25 Jul 2004 18:30:28 GMT Message-Id: <200407251830.i6PIUSn7001690@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org From: Tim Kientzle Subject: Re: bin/5284: pkg_create uses an unstandard tar X-BeenThere: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: Tim Kientzle List-Id: Bug reports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 25 Jul 2004 18:30:29 -0000 The following reply was made to PR bin/5284; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Tim Kientzle To: freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org, giffunip@asme.org Cc: Subject: Re: bin/5284: pkg_create uses an unstandard tar Date: Sun, 25 Jul 2004 11:25:24 -0700 Reported in 1997, finally being fixed in 2004 with the introduction of bsdtar as a replacement for gtar. ;-) FWIW, gtar 1.14 now supports --format=posix, which would also address this issue. Tim Kientzle