Replace /rescue/vi with mined(1) from DragonFlyBSD
Tim Kientzle
tim at kientzle.com
Mon Jun 20 06:03:34 GMT 2005
Peter Jeremy wrote:
> On Sun, 2005-Jun-19 12:00:12 -0700, Tim Kientzle wrote:
>
>>Peter Jeremy wrote:
>>
>>>According to tar(1) and libarchive-formats(3), yes it read anything that
>>>pax can. (It can't write cpio but I don't see that as a requirement in
>>>/rescue).
>>
>>Yes, it can write cpio. (Posix octet-oriented cpio format, also called
>>'odc cpio' Other variants are easy to add if there's demand.)
>
>
> libarchive-formats(3) states:
> Tar Formats
> The libarchive(3) library can read most tar archives. However, it only
> writes POSIX-standard ``ustar'' and ``pax interchange'' formats.
>
> But tar(1) does state it can write cpio. I skipped from tar(1) to
> libarchive-formats(3) too quickly and missed that, sorry.
>
> I think that just strengthens my argument that having pax in /rescue
> is redundant, superfluous and unnecessary :-).
>
libarchive-formats(3) also states:
Cpio Formats
The libarchive library can read a number of common
cpio variants and can write ``odc'' format archives.
Separate sections detail support for Shar, ISO9660, and Zip formats,
as well. ;-)
Tim
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