Date: Mon, 12 May 1997 16:19:27 -0700 (PDT) From: Tom Samplonius <tom@sdf.com> To: "Pedro F. Giffuni" <pgiffuni@fps.biblos.unal.edu.co> Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: GNU is not tar Message-ID: <Pine.NEB.3.94.970512161819.5873A-100000@misery.sdf.com> In-Reply-To: <3377A659.A21@fps.biblos.unal.edu.co>
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On Mon, 12 May 1997, Pedro F. Giffuni wrote: > Hi, > GNU tar gave me some problems setting the blocksize, so I remembered > someone recommended an alternative tar program on the ports list. I > think our gnu tar is outdated (current version should be 1.12), but > looking at: > ftp://ftp.fokus.gmd.de/pub/unix/star/README.otherbugs > my conclusion is that GNU tar is so buggy we should replace it in the > base distribution and move it to the ports tree. > > Pedro. The FreeBSD tar is not a "pure" GNU version. Many local changes were made, include bug fixes. You also don't mention what version of FreeBSD you are using. Tom
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