From owner-cvs-gnu Fri Jun 30 22:58:12 1995 Return-Path: cvs-gnu-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) id WAA02884 for cvs-gnu-outgoing; Fri, 30 Jun 1995 22:58:12 -0700 Received: from bitcom (sovcom.kiae.su [144.206.136.1]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) with SMTP id WAA02848 ; Fri, 30 Jun 1995 22:58:03 -0700 Received: by bitcom id AA03088 (5.65.kiae-1 ); Sat, 1 Jul 1995 08:52:09 +0300 Received: by sovcom.KIAE.su (UUMAIL/2.0); Sat, 1 Jul 95 08:52:09 +0300 Received: by astral.msk.su (UUPC/@ v6.14g, 06Jun95) id AA04533; Sat, 1 Jul 1995 07:24:22 +0400 (MSD) To: bde@freefall.cdrom.com, Jeffrey Hsu Cc: CVS-commiters@freefall.cdrom.com, cvs-gnu@freefall.cdrom.com References: <199506271834.LAA27537@freefall.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: <199506271834.LAA27537@freefall.cdrom.com>; from Jeffrey Hsu at Tue, 27 Jun 1995 11:34:41 -0700 Message-Id: Organization: Ha-olahm Yetzirah X-Mailer: Mail/@ [v2.38 MSDOS] Date: Sat, 1 Jul 1995 07:24:22 +0400 (MSD) From: =?KOI8-R?Q?=E1=CE=C4=D2=C5=CA_=FE=C5=D2=CE=CF=D7?= aka "Andrey A. Chernov, Black Mage" X-Class: Fast Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/gnu/usr.bin/cpio copyout.c Mime-Version: 1.0 Lines: 18 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Length: 825 Sender: cvs-gnu-owner@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk In message <199506271834.LAA27537@freefall.cdrom.com> Jeffrey Hsu writes: >We're using a pretty old version of gnu tar. Does it make sense >to bring in the latest version? 11.8 is bugfix-only release, main tar branch goes long time in different direction. Only several bugs fixed since 11.2. Our -current tar have many local bugfixes and enhancements. I think right way is produce diff between 11.2 and 11.8 to help to understand what changed, and then try to merge it with -current (via proper commit 11.8 to main branch). -- Andrey A. Chernov : And I rest so composedly, /Now, in my bed, ache@astral.msk.su : That any beholder /Might fancy me dead - FidoNet: 2:5020/230.3 : Might start at beholding me, /Thinking me dead. RELCOM Team,FreeBSD Team : E.A.Poe From "For Annie" 1849