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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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