Date: Sat, 19 Oct 2002 09:02:59 -0700 From: bmah@FreeBSD.ORG (Bruce A. Mah) To: Maxim Sobolev <sobomax@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: "Bruce A. Mah" <bmah@FreeBSD.ORG>, Juli Mallett <jmallett@FreeBSD.ORG>, Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>, Martin Blapp <mb@imp.ch>, Martin Blapp <mbr@FreeBSD.ORG>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports/editors/openoffice-devel Makefile distinfo pkg-message pkg-plist ports/editors/openoffice-devel/files debugpatch-setup2::mow::source::loader::loader.c debugpatch-solenv::inc::unx Message-ID: <200210191602.g9JG2xpg092605@intruder.bmah.org> In-Reply-To: <20021019050045.GA14922@vega.vega.com> References: <20021018233203.GA85166@xor.obsecurity.org> <20021019013520.E90671-100000@levais.imp.ch> <20021019021321.GA87745@xor.obsecurity.org> <20021018194359.A46176@FreeBSD.org> <200210190415.g9J4FAH0083715@intruder.bmah.org> <20021019050045.GA14922@vega.vega.com>
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--==_Exmh_1367024500P Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii If memory serves me right, Maxim Sobolev wrote: [patch pathnames are too long] > Isn't this solved with introduction of modern tar(1), which can handle > paths up to 250 characters long? Or we aren't switched to the creation > of ustar format archives for the release yet? Whatever format archive is used for the ports distribution, it needs to be extracted by both tar *and* cpio. sysinstall calls cpio to extract the ports tree distribution. > Looks like a inexcusable > omission to me if so, because patches for this were submitted by me > to the re@ team before 4.6-RELEASE, but back then were voted down, because > it was noticed that old tar(1) shipped with 4.6 was unable to properly > extract archives in the ustar format. At the time, I thought it was was unreasonable to ship a tar archive that our system tar couldn't read. > I've supposed that those patches > were included into 4.7, but actually never bothered to check for sure. > Please at least include them into 5.0, so that the problem is closed > once for all. Assuming that the patch now works with our system tar: You said in your original posting to re@ that this patch was "not well-tested but seems to work". I personally would like a greater degree of confidence than that, but it's not high enough on my priority list to put any cycles into it. (Note: comments such as "inexcusable omission" are not likely to increase my motivation.) If it's that important to you, why don't you make the patch "well-tested"? Bruce. --==_Exmh_1367024500P Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.0 (FreeBSD) Comment: Exmh version 2.5+ 20020506 iD8DBQE9sYIz2MoxcVugUsMRAu/FAJwNRkLI0EU7v1/vOPeDqyvI+pAwJQCg+SEa jPwztW8yt3H33RYVWC9WQTU= =3u9P -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --==_Exmh_1367024500P-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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