Re: [blfs-dev] about pax

2014-03-16 Thread Bruce Dubbs
Pierre Labastie wrote: > The discussion has shifted to > http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/ticket/4736 > > Basically, pax is not really needed, except for passing the LSB tests. > OTOH, it is a nice utility, which can read and write both cpio and tar > formats. It lacks the xz compressed format

Re: [blfs-dev] about pax

2014-03-16 Thread Pierre Labastie
The discussion has shifted to http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/ticket/4736 Basically, pax is not really needed, except for passing the LSB tests. OTOH, it is a nice utility, which can read and write both cpio and tar formats. It lacks the xz compressed format, though. I would say that it doe

Re: [blfs-dev] about pax

2014-03-14 Thread Pierre Labastie
Le 13/03/2014 19:43, Bruce Dubbs a écrit : > Pierre Labastie wrote: > >> I have found 2 sources for pax: >> - the mirbsd package, debianised by Debian (the "orig" I put in the >> ticket). It does not build as is, because the debian "rules" (a makefile >> actually) are shipped separately, and those

Re: [blfs-dev] about pax

2014-03-13 Thread Bruce Dubbs
Pierre Labastie wrote: > I have found 2 sources for pax: > - the mirbsd package, debianised by Debian (the "orig" I put in the > ticket). It does not build as is, because the debian "rules" (a makefile > actually) are shipped separately, and those rules use heavily the debian > packaging system. S