Re: Replace /rescue/vi with mined(1) from DragonFlyBSD

From: David O'Brien <obrien_at_freebsd.org>
Date: Sun, 19 Jun 2005 14:44:17 -0700
On Mon, Jun 20, 2005 at 05:39:39AM +1000, Peter Jeremy wrote:
> On Sun, 2005-Jun-19 12:00:12 -0700, Tim Kientzle wrote:
> >Peter Jeremy wrote:
> >>According to tar(1) and libarchive-formats(3), yes it read anything that
> >>pax can.  (It can't write cpio but I don't see that as a requirement in
> >>/rescue).
> >
> >Yes, it can write cpio.  (Posix octet-oriented cpio format, also called 
> >'odc cpio'  Other variants are easy to add if there's demand.)
..
> I think that just strengthens my argument that having pax in /rescue
> is redundant, superfluous and unnecessary :-).

Test the change and post a patch this thread.  What is the space delta?
 
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Received on Sun Jun 19 2005 - 19:44:19 UTC

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