Date: Mon, 04 Apr 2005 22:21:34 -0700 From: Tim Kientzle <kientzle@freebsd.org> To: Bakul Shah <bakul@BitBlocks.com> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Heads up: gtar gone from base system Message-ID: <4252205E.5050202@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <200504041614.j34GEDkA006379@gate.bitblocks.com> References: <200504041614.j34GEDkA006379@gate.bitblocks.com>
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Bakul Shah wrote: >>>What is the status of this bug? >>> >>> http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=76294 >>> >>>[summary: certain gzipped tar files can't be untarred >>>correctly with -z flag but work fine if with gzcat|tar xvf -] > ... this bug has been around for a while and I > have to assume the fix is difficult or whoever is fixing does > not have enough free time. Both are perfectly understandable > reasons!:-) Guilty as charged! ;-) I'm working on an update to our libz, but it's diverged a bit from the original sources so it is taking me a while to figure out how best to update it. Given my limited time, this may not make it into 5.4 but will make 5.5 for sure! ;=/ Tim
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