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List:       linux-kernel
Subject:    Re: Abbott and Costello meet Crunch Time -- Penultimate 2.5 merge candidate list.
From:       Werner Almesberger <wa () almesberger ! net>
Date:       2002-11-04 22:52:29
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Rob Landley wrote:
> Yeah, cpio is a pain and change to use, but so is tar.

Somebody who strogly dislikes cpio could just write wrapper accepting
tar-style options. Or add a --cpio option to GNU tar, that switches
to using the cpio format. One could even try to auto-detect the
format when reading :-)

- Werner (hates cpio, but not enough)

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