Date: Mon, 12 May 1997 18:02:58 -0700 (PDT) From: Tom Samplonius <tom@sdf.com> To: "Pedro F. Giffuni" <pgiffuni@fps.biblos.unal.edu.co> Cc: Chuck Robey <chuckr@mat.net>, hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: GNU is not tar Message-ID: <Pine.NEB.3.94.970512180204.6097B-100000@misery.sdf.com> In-Reply-To: <3377CD76.502A@fps.biblos.unal.edu.co>
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On Mon, 12 May 1997, Pedro F. Giffuni wrote: > Chuck: > Read the URL, it has a list of bugs. GNU tar is not POSIX. I'm not sure > of putting in "star" either, I'm testing it now. For sure we should at > least upgrade GNU tar. > What ever happened to BSD tar? It was pre-POSIX but it was an option > also. > > --Pedro. BSD tar was discarded with 4.4, and "replaced" with pax. BSDI 2.1 hardlinks tar to pax. Tom
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