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From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>
Subject: Re: bin/5284: pkg_create uses an unstandard tar
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The following reply was made to PR bin/5284; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>
To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG, giffunip@asme.org
Cc:  Subject: Re: bin/5284: pkg_create uses an unstandard tar
Date: Sun, 14 Dec 1997 08:28:33 +1100

 >GNU tar claims not to be conforming to Posix 1003.1. In order to be
 >really portable the packaging tools should depend on a standards
 >compliant tar utility.
 
 cpio/README contains a one line patch for this (in GNU tar).  The patch
 is dated 1992.  It is not the default because it breaks tar's handling
 of long pathnames.
 
 >>Fix:
 >Perhaps pax(1) should be used as a replacement...I heard that BSDI 
 >replaces tar with pax.
 
 I trust GNU cpio more.
 
 Bruce