On 2018-10-03 21:03:22, John Goerzen wrote:
> Package: wnpp
> Severity: wishlist
> Owner: John Goerzen
>
> * Package name: mtree-netbsd
> Version : 20180822
> Upstream Author : Joerg Sonnenberger and NetBSD
> contributors
> * URL :
> http://cdn.netbsd.org/pub/pkgsrc/current/pkgsrc/pkgtools/mtree/README.html
> * License : BSD
> Programming Lang: C
> Description : Validates modes, ownership, and contents of directory
> tree against specification
>
> The mtree utility compares a file hierarchy against a specification,
> creates a specification for a file hierarchy, or modifies a specification.
> This specification can be controlled by the user, but typically includes
> file/directory/symlink names, ownership information, permission bits, and
> so forth. It may optionally also include various hashes, such as SHA-256
> or MD5.
> .
> This mtree utility can understand its own files, as well as those generated
> by the FreeBSD mtree (in Debian as fmtree in freebsd-buildutils and
> freebsd-glue) and bsdtar/libarchive.
Why do we need NetBSD's mtree when we have freebsd's already? I don't
mind much the duplication: I'm genuinely curious. :)
(I have also wondered for a long time why we don't have simply a `mtree`
package in Debian - it's a very useful tool to have!)
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