Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2001 16:11:26 +0000 From: fergus <tofergus@yahoo.co.uk> To: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: tar and nodump flag Message-ID: <20011129161126.C1163@dedog.argus-systems.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <9u5ied$1fjf$1@kemoauc.mips.inka.de>; from naddy@mips.inka.de on Thu, Nov 29, 2001 at 02:58:21PM %2B0000 References: <15363.38257.236253.85237@hyde.lpds.sublink.org> <20011127144343.W421-100000@beagle.fokus.gmd.de> <9u5ied$1fjf$1@kemoauc.mips.inka.de>
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> > Perhaps it makes sense to switch to star instead? The last version is > > Posix conform, supports extended headers and ACLs. According to the star > > developer (Joerg Schilling) GNU tar is severly broken. > > Unfortunately, star has it's own share of problems: > > - A highly idiosyncratic command syntax that is incompatible with > traditional tar syntax. I think this is a killer. > - It doesn't support incremental backups. That isn't a problem in > itself, but it's a feature our GNU tar currently has and people > probably don't want to lose. > - An idiosyncratic build system. this may be a little OT but does no body use pax ? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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