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bstaletic
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 Posted: Tue Apr 23, 2024 2:49 pm Post subject: Does portage actually need to depend on app-arch/tar |
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I have been using app-arch/libarchive as the alternative of choice for app-alternatives/tar.
Today I have noticed that app-arch/tar is still installed, because of the portage dependency.
Does portage really need to depend on GNU tar, or can anything in app-alternatives/tar satisfy protage's needs (i.e. bsdtar from libarchive)?
For what it is worth, I prefer bsdtar because it can also deal with zip archives, so no need for zip/unzip as well. |
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grknight
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| Posted: Tue Apr 23, 2024 3:07 pm Post subject: |
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Anyone can file a bug to suggest a change from app-arch/tar to app-alternatives/tar.
As for using libarchive, there is at least Bug 902215 with Portage tests and Bug 891393 for overall issues. |
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bstaletic
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| Posted: Tue Apr 23, 2024 3:31 pm Post subject: |
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| grknight wrote: | | Anyone can file a bug to suggest a change from app-arch/tar to app-alternatives/tar. |
I know, I was rather thinking I could open a pull request if it were just an oversight.
Thanks for pointing me in the right direction! I'll still see if I can help with those bugs. |
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Genone
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| Posted: Wed Apr 24, 2024 9:21 am Post subject: |
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| Regarding the test bug, while the --xattr-include may be redundant, it is potentially followed by an --xattr-exclude. While probably very few people will actually make use of that it cannot just be ignored. |
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