> > Perhaps it makes sense to switch to star instead? The last version is > > Posix conform, supports extended headers and ACLs. According to the star > > developer (Joerg Schilling) GNU tar is severly broken. > > Unfortunately, star has it's own share of problems: > > - A highly idiosyncratic command syntax that is incompatible with > traditional tar syntax. I think this is a killer. > - It doesn't support incremental backups. That isn't a problem in > itself, but it's a feature our GNU tar currently has and people > probably don't want to lose. > - An idiosyncratic build system.
this may be a little OT but does no body use pax ? To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
