Re: gtar: ambiguous package

2017-10-10 Thread Stuart Henderson
On 2017-10-09, Todd C. Miller wrote: > On Mon, 09 Oct 2017 17:24:53 +0200, Max Power wrote: > >> Hi guys, and wishes for the new release, Thank You Theo. >> >> Installing gtar ask me: >> Ambiguos: choose package for gtar >> a 0: >> 1: gtar-1.28p1 >>

Re: gtar: ambiguous package

2017-10-09 Thread Christian Weisgerber
On 2017-10-09, "Todd C. Miller" wrote: >> a 0: >> 1: gtar-1.28p1 >> 2: gtar-1.28p1-static > > Packages with the -static suffix are statically linked and do not > depend on shared libraries. This means that the binary is not > affected by changes

Re: gtar: ambiguous package

2017-10-09 Thread Marc Espie
We still ship a few packages with a static flavor, for the paranoid who wants a version that will work even if they manage to fuck up most of everything else on their system. I'll admit I find fewer and fewer valid use cases to these, as opposed to rebooting on bsd.rd and fixing things another

Re: gtar: ambiguous package

2017-10-09 Thread Todd C. Miller
On Mon, 09 Oct 2017 17:24:53 +0200, Max Power wrote: > Hi guys, and wishes for the new release, Thank You Theo. > > Installing gtar ask me: > Ambiguos: choose package for gtar > a 0: > 1: gtar-1.28p1 > 2: gtar-1.28p1-static > Your choice: > > Ok, but differece between

gtar: ambiguous package

2017-10-09 Thread Max Power
Hi guys, and wishes for the new release, Thank You Theo. Installing gtar ask me: Ambiguos: choose package for gtar a 0: 1: gtar-1.28p1 2: gtar-1.28p1-static Your choice: Ok, but differece between 'normal' and 'static'...? Thanks.