Summary: | New port: libtar: A library for manipulating POSIX and GNU tar files | ||||||
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Product: | Ports & Packages | Reporter: | George Reid <greid> | ||||
Component: | Individual Port(s) | Assignee: | freebsd-ports (Nobody) <ports> | ||||
Status: | Closed FIXED | ||||||
Severity: | Affects Only Me | ||||||
Priority: | Normal | ||||||
Version: | Latest | ||||||
Hardware: | Any | ||||||
OS: | Any | ||||||
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Description
George Reid
2001-01-06 19:10:01 UTC
At Sat, 6 Jan 2001 19:06:50 +0000 (GMT),
George Reid wrote:
> libtar is a C library for manipulating tar archives. It supports both
Seems to me that it should go under the `archiver' category, then.
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Akinori MUSHA aka / (_ / ( (__( @ iDaemons.org / and.or.jp
"We're only at home when we're on the run, on the wing, on the fly"
On Sat, 6 Jan 2001, Akinori MUSHA wrote: > Seems to me that it should go under the `archiver' category, then. And not under 'devel' like zziplib? Perhaps this needs to be moved. G "And then it comes to be that the soothing light at the end of your tunnel was just a freight train, comin' your way." George Reid * greid@ukug.uk.freebsd.org At Sat, 6 Jan 2001 22:17:37 +0000 (GMT),
George Reid wrote:
> On Sat, 6 Jan 2001, Akinori MUSHA wrote:
>
> > Seems to me that it should go under the `archiver' category, then.
>
> And not under 'devel' like zziplib? Perhaps this needs to be moved.
Yes, and probably sysutils/{afio,guitar,gtar,star} too. They look
more suitable in 'archiver' than in 'sysutils', judging from the
meanings of their names and what they actually do.
My 2 yen,
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Akinori MUSHA aka / (_ / ( (__( @ iDaemons.org / and.or.jp
"We're only at home when we're on the run, on the wing, on the fly"
On Sat, 6 Jan 2001, Akinori MUSHA wrote: > Yes, and probably sysutils/{afio,guitar,gtar,star} too. They look > more suitable in 'archiver' than in 'sysutils', judging from the > meanings of their names and what they actually do. Indeed. I wasn't really sure where to put it, so I guess it is the committer's call. G "And then it comes to be that the soothing light at the end of your tunnel was just a freight train, comin' your way." George Reid * greid@ukug.uk.freebsd.org "Akinori MUSHA" <knu@iDaemons.org>: > > > Seems to me that it should go under the `archiver' category, then. > > > > And not under 'devel' like zziplib? Perhaps this needs to be moved. > > Yes, and probably sysutils/{afio,guitar,gtar,star} too. I certainly agree that gtar and star should be in archivers. -- Christian "naddy" Weisgerber naddy@mips.inka.de State Changed From-To: open->closed Committed, thanks. Next time remember to remove manpages from the packaging list. I made a files/manpages file since there were so many, and fixed the names of all your patchfiles. |