Previously bug1 wrote: > Hi, im implementing a mini ar command for boot-floppies to enable debs > to be unpacked by busybox alone.
Out of curiosity, why do you need that on boot-floppies? I know someone already implemented ar as an awk script for a boot floppy btw. > Im wondering if your aware of this, and if it is formally specified > anywhere what the correct behaviour is. I'm not sure if there is an official spec for the ar format, the binutils source doesn't reference one iirc. > Are .debs and .ar files supposed to be functionally equivalent? A .deb should be complient to the ar standard. Wichert. -- ________________________________________________________________ / Generally uninteresting signature - ignore at your convenience \ | [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.liacs.nl/~wichert/ | | 1024D/2FA3BC2D 576E 100B 518D 2F16 36B0 2805 3CB8 9250 2FA3 BC2D |
