From owner-cvs-src@FreeBSD.ORG Mon May 26 18:33:16 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: cvs-src@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 66F9B106567E for ; Mon, 26 May 2008 18:33:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cperciva@freebsd.org) Received: from pd3mo2so.prod.shaw.ca (idcmail-mo1so.shaw.ca [24.71.223.10]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 358508FC21 for ; Mon, 26 May 2008 18:33:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cperciva@freebsd.org) Received: from pd4mr5so.prod.shaw.ca (pd4mr5so-qfe3.prod.shaw.ca [10.0.141.50]) by l-daemon (Sun ONE Messaging Server 6.0 HotFix 1.01 (built Mar 15 2004)) with ESMTP id <0K1H00HJ6NJAJ5A0@l-daemon> for cvs-src@freebsd.org; Mon, 26 May 2008 12:33:10 -0600 (MDT) Received: from pn2ml2so.prod.shaw.ca ([10.0.121.146]) by pd4mr5so.prod.shaw.ca (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2-7.05 (built Sep 5 2006)) with ESMTP id <0K1H002UCNJALZ90@pd4mr5so.prod.shaw.ca> for cvs-src@freebsd.org; Mon, 26 May 2008 12:33:10 -0600 (MDT) Received: from hexahedron.daemonology.net ([24.80.10.198]) by l-daemon (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2-7.05 (built Sep 5 2006)) with SMTP id <0K1H00FLJNJ8ZUG0@l-daemon> for cvs-src@freebsd.org; Mon, 26 May 2008 12:33:10 -0600 (MDT) Received: (qmail 3635 invoked from network); Mon, 26 May 2008 18:33:08 +0000 Received: from unknown (HELO hexahedron.daemonology.net) (127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; Mon, 26 May 2008 18:33:08 +0000 Date: Mon, 26 May 2008 11:33:08 -0700 From: Colin Percival In-reply-to: <483B011D.9000606@freebsd.org> To: Tim Kientzle Message-id: <483B0264.2030508@freebsd.org> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.5 References: <200805261715.m4QHFZUK070554@repoman.freebsd.org> <20080526172717.GA93432@freebsd.org> <483AFE87.6020103@freebsd.org> <483B011D.9000606@freebsd.org> User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (X11/20071117) Cc: cvs-src@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org, cvs-all@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/usr.bin/cpio Makefile bsdcpio.1 cmdline.c config_freebsd.h cpio.c cpio.h cpio_platform.h err.c matching.c matching.h pathmatch.c pathmatch.h src/usr.bin/cpio/test Makefile main.c test.h test_0.c test_basic.c test_format_newc.c ... X-BeenThere: cvs-src@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: CVS commit messages for the src tree List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 26 May 2008 18:33:16 -0000 Tim Kientzle wrote: >> I'm looking forward to when we can ... have libarchive >> be the One True Archiver which is exposed >> to userland via three different front-ends. > > Actually, a lot more than three: Besides tar, cpio, pax, > ar, and unzip, there are packaging tools, file browsers, > and other utilities that are making use of libarchive. Yes, including my tarsnap encrypted online backup service. :-) What I really meant was "three different general-purpose archiving/dearchiving tools in the base system". I wasn't counting ar since I've never seen it used for anything except libraries, and I wasn't counting unzip since we don't have a corresponding zip utility in the base system. Colin Percival