Removing gtar from base

David Schultz das at FreeBSD.ORG
Thu Mar 17 08:01:59 PST 2005


On Wed, Mar 16, 2005, M. Warner Losh wrote:
> In message: <200503151738.56185.peter at wemm.org>
>             Peter Wemm <peter at wemm.org> writes:
> : By the way, I keep finding myself suprised that I don't notice that I'm 
> : using bsdtar instead of gtar.  It works so well as a transparent 
> : replacement for gtar (that my fingers know the args/switches/etc) that 
> : I keep forgetting that I'm using it.  I only notice when I read a help 
> : message or the man page.
> 
> So far we've only noticed because someone added obscure gnu-tar
> options to one of the scripts we use to build flashes...

I notice when I accidentally type 'tar xzf foo.zip' or
'tar xzf foo.tar' or 'tar xf foo.tgz' and it works anyway.  :-)


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