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Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.development Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!constellation!osuunx.ucc.okstate.edu!moe.ksu.ksu.edu!crcnis1.unl.edu!wupost!spool.mu.edu!uunet!psgrain!m2xenix!agora!rgrimes From: rgrimes@agora.rain.com (Rodney Grimes) Subject: Re: any chance of... Message-ID: <C4p2x6.7s7@agora.rain.com> Organization: Open Communications Forum References: <matthew.733339478@femto.engr.mun.ca> <1p84lbINN1j1@iskut.ucs.ubc.ca> <JKH.93Mar30023319@whisker.lotus.ie> <1993Mar30.041706.28158@coe.montana.edu> Date: Tue, 30 Mar 1993 09:12:41 GMT Lines: 39 nate@cs.montana.edu (Nate Williams) writes: >In article <JKH.93Mar30023319@whisker.lotus.ie> jkh@whisker.lotus.ie (Jordan K. Hubbard) writes: >> >>>I humbly suggest that if and when the next batch of cpio-format binary >>>distributions are produced that they be produced with ascii headers. >> >>This is a good idea. It shall be done. >> >It is my opinion (and I bounced this off Bill) that we use ....... >(does he dare say it.....) TAR for the next distribution. >I asked Bill about this one, and the reason he used cpio on the >original distribution is because the cpio binary was much smaller >than the tar binary, and hence they could fit more stuff in the >distribution floppies. If someone could come up with a minimal >tar, it would make things much easier for the next distribution >(I've got one around 75K, that's freely re-distributable, but if >someone could do better....) Humm got a question, does tar handle files with link counts > 1, or does it dump the file x times, if it does the latter this is a BAD idea. As a lot of the man pages are hardlinked. >Nate >-- >osynw@terra.oscs.montana.edu | Still trying to find a good reason for >nate@cs.montana.edu | these 'computer' things. Personally, >work #: (406) 994-4836 | I don't think they'll catch on - >home #: (406) 586-0579 | Don Hammerstrom -- Rod Grimes rgrimes@agora.rain.com Accurate Automation Company All opinions belong to me and my company! Get your free copy of 386bsd from agate.berkeley.edu:/pub/386BSD via ftp! An out of work contractor... You need unix work done.... Send me your project!