On 23-Nov-2001 Jeffrey W. Baker wrote:
> What's the story with tar? The new package conflicts with cpio, and by
> extension much of GNOME. I'm not aware of inherent conflicts between
> cpio and tar: in my experience they are orthogonal or at least
> complementary. Why do they now conflict?
>
from the changelog
* start having tar provide rmt, which means conflicting with and replacing
cpio versions prior to the cutover, closes: #94257, #90794
* make medium urgency, since we really want this and the associated cpio
upload to both be in woody!
