Date: Thu, 8 Apr 1999 20:03:42 -0700 (PDT) From: <unknown@riverstyx.net> To: chris@calldei.com Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: GNU tar Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.04.9904082003210.12356-100000@hades.riverstyx.net> In-Reply-To: <19990408220109.B31135@holly.dyndns.org>
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'coz gnu tar works better, and bsd tar sucks? as does every other proprietary tar, as far as i know. --- tani hosokawa river styx internet On Thu, 8 Apr 1999, Chris Costello wrote: > > I've been thinking about it, and I have to ask why GNU tar was > included with the FreeBSD system as the default tar(1) utility. > Wouldn't including the tar distributed with BSD be a better > choice, since it's a bit more portable, and perhaps have the GNU > tar availible as gtar, or as a port, starting in -CURRENT? > > Thanks, > Chris > > -- > ============================================= > * "This process can check if this value is * > * zero, and if it is, it does something * > * child-like." -Forbes Burkowski, CS 454 * > ============================================= > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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