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Re: cpio vs. tar. was: OSR5 install of 971031
- To: teunis <teunis at mauve dot computersupportcentre dot com>
- Subject: Re: cpio vs. tar. was: OSR5 install of 971031
- From: Jeffrey A Law <law at cygnus dot com>
- Date: Tue, 04 Nov 1997 18:23:10 -0700
- cc: Robert Lipe <robertl at dgii dot com>, Joern Rennecke <amylaar at cygnus dot co dot uk>, egcs at cygnus dot com, Bill Walker <bw at student dot ecok dot edu>
- Reply-To: law at cygnus dot com
In message <Pine.LNX.3.96.971104180258.30920A-100000@sigil.computersupportcen
tre.com>you write:
> > I wouldn't object to removing the "B" from the tar options and then
> > removing cpio support -- I'm not aware of a system that doesn't ship
> > tar (then again, maybe you are :-)
>
> WindowsNT? *ducking*
GCC doesn't build native on windows95 or windowsnt. One day it
will and we'll have to cross this bridge (among many others which
are far more serious).
jeff