Removing gtar from base

From: Tim Kientzle (kientzle_at_freebsd.org)
Date: 03/12/05

  • Next message: Sergey Matveychuk: "Re: Removing gtar from base" 
    Date: Sat, 12 Mar 2005 13:08:34 -0800
To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org

    My plan with bsdtar has been to have both bsdtar and
    gtar in 5.x, bsdtar only in 6.x.

    I'd like to remove gtar from -CURRENT as the next
    step in that transition.

    Proposed timeline:
        * 1 week from today (March 19): Disable WITH_GTAR in -CURRENT.
        * End of March: Disconnect gtar from build in -CURRENT.
        * End of May: Remove gtar from -CURRENT.

    Note:
        * gtar will remain in 5.x tree indefinitely.
        * WITH_GTAR will continue to be supported in 5.x.
        * gtar will continue to be available in ports indefinitely.

    If there are no objections, I'll start this
    process 1 week from today.

    Tim Kientzle

    _______________________________________________
    freebsd-arch@freebsd.org mailing list
    http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-arch
    To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-arch-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"

  • Next message: Sergey Matveychuk: "Re: Removing gtar from base"

    Relevant Pages

    • bsdtar and PaxHeader directories
      ... FreeBSD's cpio and pax programs do ... not understand this extension, nor does gtar 1.13. ... bsdtar, star, gtar 1.14, and any pax ... None of these by themselves will trigger ...
      (freebsd-current)
    • NEW TAR
      ... accepts the most popular gtar command-line options, ... bsdtar is not a clone of gtar. ... gtar can read ustar archives with no problem. ... for managing tape drives, including rmt support. ...
      (freebsd-current)
    • Re: Removing gtar from base
      ... On Saturday 12 March 2005 01:08 pm, Tim Kientzle wrote: ... > My plan with bsdtar has been to have both bsdtar and ... > * gtar will continue to be available in ports indefinitely. ...
      (freebsd-arch)
    • Re: Removing gtar from base
      ... using bsdtar instead of gtar. ... Someone changed tar? ... To unsubscribe, ...
      (freebsd-arch)
    • Re: BSDtar performance vs GNUtar (Re: cvs commit: src/usr.bin/tar Makefile bsdtar.c bsdtar.h bsdtar_
      ... The first archive was created with bsdtar (tar cvf ports.tar ports) ... Which version of gtar were you using? ... bsdtar should probably warn about unknown options as well; ...
      (freebsd-current)