From owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jun 29 04:47:22 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F0EF716A4CE; Tue, 29 Jun 2004 04:47:22 +0000 (GMT) Received: from kientzle.com (h-66-166-149-50.snvacaid.covad.net [66.166.149.50]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3B2B243D41; Tue, 29 Jun 2004 04:47:22 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from tim@kientzle.com) Received: from kientzle.com (p54.kientzle.com [66.166.149.54]) by kientzle.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i5T4lF90098883; Mon, 28 Jun 2004 21:47:17 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from tim@kientzle.com) Message-ID: <40E0F443.6050204@kientzle.com> Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2004 21:46:59 -0700 From: Tim Kientzle User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD i386; en-US; rv:1.4) Gecko/20031006 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Scott Long References: <40DE6FBA.1010801@freebsd.org> <40E0BBE1.50600@samsco.org> In-Reply-To: <40E0BBE1.50600@samsco.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: arch@freebsd.org cc: Tim Kientzle cc: re@freebsd.org Subject: Re: RFC: bsdtar in 5.3 X-BeenThere: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussion related to FreeBSD architecture List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2004 04:47:23 -0000 Scott Long wrote: > Tim Kientzle wrote: > >> I would like to make bsdtar the default >> FreeBSD system tar for -CURRENT within >> the next week or so. ... > > I'm a little hesitant about making bsdtar be the default in 5.3, but I'm > not against it. Let's try this: once bsdtar can make it through a full > bento package run without obvious problems, ... We're pretty close. Kris Kennaway has been using bsdtar for package builds for a while now. We've been steadily working through the list of issues as they arise, mostly by adding features to bsdtar. I believe I finished the last items on that last this past weekend, and am currently waiting to hear from Kris if there are any further problems. > ... make it be the default in HEAD (before the 5.3 code freeze) ... Hopefully, within the week, unless something new pops up in the package builds before then. > .. prepare ourselves to switch back to gtar for 5.3-R if needed. My plan all along has been to leave both bsdtar and gtar in the base system for a lengthy transition period. (Maybe even until 6.0?) The only difference is the one "tar" symlink that gets repointed. If it's necessary, switching back will be very simple, indeed. > having [bsdtar] be the default for 5.3 and 5-STABLE is a good and > interesting goal, but we reserve the right to defer that goal if it > starts holding up the release. Does that sound acceptable? That sounds entirely reasonable. Thanks for giving me a chance on this! Tim