Date: Wed, 23 Dec 2015 09:23:47 +0100 From: Ben Woods <woodsb02@gmail.com> To: Dangling Pointer <danglingpointer@outlook.com> Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Unzip utility choice decision Message-ID: <CAOc73CD0wUexp9JA4iEOW%2BqEPcCf7gfBhygLx_6WqNsAyCk1Yw@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <BAY169-W71CF3A8E16B1C9CD623C54A7E60@phx.gbl> References: <BAY169-W9776556FEBDA58E22FA457A71A0@phx.gbl> <CAOc73CAWJd05L0P833XzmgMXuUDd3hX2ypcbUmQfNxCBoS2rHA@mail.gmail.com> <BAY169-W71CF3A8E16B1C9CD623C54A7E60@phx.gbl>
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On Wednesday, 23 December 2015, Dangling Pointer < danglingpointer@outlook.com <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','danglingpointer@outlook.com');>> wrote: > Those options are not contradictory with `pkg install unzip` version. That > -uoq combination is an advance usage which save us from a race condition. > Can you please explain this race condition further, and how the -uoq flags combined help prevent it when running simultaneous unzip commands? > > What I am really saying is: > > There is a universally known unzip utility which offers many options and > then there is FreeBSD version of unzip with less options. That makes no > sense to me. Why would you want to have a separate unzip utility? > This is for the same reason that there is a "universally recognized" document editor called Microsoft Word. Why would you have a separate Open Office application? The answer is of course for the more permissive license. Regards, Ben -- -- From: Benjamin Woods woodsb02@gmail.com
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