Plans for 5.3

[Tillman Hodgson]

On Mon, Dec 29, 2003 at 10:33:29AM -0800, Tim Kientzle wrote:
> It's a tar implementation that handles ACLs,
> file flags, sparse files, etc, etc, and might
> be a workable substitute for dump/restore.

With respect, tar variants are not a direct replacement for dump
variants. I suspect that when you said "workable substitute" it should
be read as "substitute requiring a fair amount of work" ;-)

I like tar variants, and I'm sure that star is among the best of them.
Tar isn't always the tool I reach for, though. I want to speak up and
say that I also would  like to see dump/restore support ACLs.

-T


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