From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Wed Dec 23 06:57:41 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E1145A4FFF3 for ; Wed, 23 Dec 2015 06:57:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from amvandemore@gmail.com) Received: from mail-wm0-x22e.google.com (mail-wm0-x22e.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:400c:c09::22e]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 80C0A12B2 for ; Wed, 23 Dec 2015 06:57:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from amvandemore@gmail.com) Received: by mail-wm0-x22e.google.com with SMTP id l126so134615418wml.1 for ; Tue, 22 Dec 2015 22:57:40 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=6PXq3NNfLuvjUSH4TgpEug1e2xVlu0/DUUp00ABPmXY=; b=s1zQmiemGAtrtJyXkwL4T5g2A3FGqn+igcLNZLvnByMU//An7dcB2Mjizs+3BZ0PkP dOjpztLolyJW/faZj3ALlnuBQjLKI5DMBzjZNvqkckqxOi+PoInGg9IlZgLtHN1Ob0XP BV+FPfIiDVHOgZQkwtwzdVZu8UNbygQU03evAcL5zoIy8v8rZRLUAiWN8mmyrQ8fFNIV 1iW7vzqzQ8waABtxDddPIx3HpgLJFPEcteh9lvCRKjPGHDaLgl3tMixT533KNkMBWrtF VN5guIU9+DHRjPNOHb3b29uJeONL8/HJeroXNXKj2DS4KKB0SWffaxfQQ7dzWPOKAmH+ V9Bg== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.28.85.70 with SMTP id j67mr32700288wmb.80.1450853859061; Tue, 22 Dec 2015 22:57:39 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.194.192.33 with HTTP; Tue, 22 Dec 2015 22:57:38 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Wed, 23 Dec 2015 00:57:38 -0600 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Unzip utility choice decision From: Adam Vande More To: Dangling Pointer Cc: Ben Woods , "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.20 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 23 Dec 2015 06:57:41 -0000 On Tue, Dec 22, 2015 at 11:56 PM, Dangling Pointer < danglingpointer@outlook.com> wrote: > Those options are not contradictory with `pkg install unzip` version. That > -uoq combination is an advance usage which save us from a race condition. > What I am really saying is: > There is a universally known unzip utility which offers many options and > then there is FreeBSD version of unzip with less options. That makes no > sense to me. What makes no sense to me is why you cannot use one of that standard methods of dealing with base vs pkg conflicts which everyone else does. > Why would you want to have a separate unzip utility? > There are several reasons for this and they are all very logical and appreciated by the community at large. This is partially explained in the man page if you can be bothered to read it. -- Adam