#10549: About the pax utility
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Reporter: pierre.labastie | Owner: blfs-book
Type: task | Status: new
Priority: low | Milestone: 8.3
Component: BOOK | Version: SVN
Severity: normal | Resolution:
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Comment (by bdubbs):
Just took a look at this. Other distros seem to be using pax-3.4. I
downloaded
http://downloads.yoctoproject.org/mirror/sources/pax-3.4.tar.bz2
This seems to be older than the version we are using. The youngest
filestamp in the package is Aug 2005 (vs Jul 2007 for heirloom pax that we
are using.)
Arch has 8 patches for pax-3.4. We only have a convenience sed.
I don't know anyone who actually uses pax. Perhaps that's the reason it
hasn't been updated in over a decade. I'd say having it in the book is
just a formality due to the LSB.
I suggest marking as wontfix.
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