Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2011 11:50:36 -0700 From: Xin LI <delphij@gmail.com> To: Eir Nym <eirnym@gmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD Mail Lists <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: archivers/unzip vs tar -xf Message-ID: <BANLkTikZiSUoQ9tSjc_LkRW__9B%2BWHkUFQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <BANLkTimH_bxECAcAWVU=DYwswDswaJ_VFQ@mail.gmail.com> References: <BANLkTimH_bxECAcAWVU=DYwswDswaJ_VFQ@mail.gmail.com>
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On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 10:20 AM, Eir Nym <eirnym@gmail.com> wrote: > Since FreeBSD 5.4.0-Release libarchive(3) support to unpack zip files. > Why not to use it to unpack distributives to workdir? > > I've downloaded all distros and tried to unpack them all with tar(1) > with no problems. I use FreeBSD 9.0-CURRENT r222717. I think the reason is that at the beginning tar(1) does not work for a little fraction of distfiles, but yes, I think it's reasonable to take a step forward and add a new option to force using the info-zip implementation. Cheers, -- Xin LI <delphij@delphij.net> http://www.delphij.net
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