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Date:      Thu, 17 Feb 2005 20:23:33 +0100
From:      Victor Balada Diaz <victor@alf.dyndns.ws>
To:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Change tar to GNU
Message-ID:  <20050217192333.GA1785@pato.euesrg02.net>
In-Reply-To: <4214ED77.6000206@os.lv>
References:  <4214ED77.6000206@os.lv>

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On Thu, Feb 17, 2005 at 09:16:07PM +0200, Kaspars wrote:
> 
>  Hi,
> 
>  I have backup script build with tar and -newer options.
> on FreeBSD 4.x it worked and i see:
> $tar --version
> tar (GNU tar) 1.13.25
> 
> on FreeBSD 5.3 not working and I found:
> $tar --version
> bsdtar 1.01.011, libarchive 1.01.013
> Copyright (C) 2003-2004 Tim Kientzle
> 
> So I understand that you change own tar to make different licence.
> 
> I just thinking what is proper way to update tar to GNU tar to make 
> working again my script?

In FreeBSD 5.3 you have the gnu tar installed as "gtar".

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