Date: Wed, 12 Mar 1997 01:00:02 -0800 (PST) From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch) To: freebsd-ports Subject: Re: ports/2957: 'Rpm' port exec cpio with (currently) unsupported --quiet flag Message-ID: <199703120900.BAA27472@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR ports/2957; it has been noted by GNATS. From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch) To: nnd@itfs.nsk.su Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ports/2957: 'Rpm' port exec cpio with (currently) unsupported --quiet flag Date: Wed, 12 Mar 1997 09:42:52 +0100 As nnd@itfs.nsk.su wrote: > - patch FreeBSD's 'cpio' to understand '--quiet' flag > (this I can afford if acceptable) That's probably the easiest way. > - upgrade cpio to version 2.4.2 (current GNU version ?) > (this is non trivial because of some number of > FreeBSD patches to version 2.3) That's the best way. GNU cpio 2.3 mistakenly hasn't imported onto a vendor branch. This would have made upgrading easier. Maybe we should post-mortem import it onto a vendor branch now. Is there anybody around with a pristine copy of GNU cpio 2.3? (I only have 1.5. ;-) -- cheers, J"org joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)
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