Re: portability as a goal for debian?
On 07-Mar-01, 03:56 (CST), Andreas Schuldei <andreas@schuldei.org> wrote:
> * Hamish Moffatt (hamish@debian.org) [010307 10:33]:
> > > No, but I support those who do. A tar should be essential. I see no
> > > reason why it should be gtar.
> >
> > Any reason why it shouldn't?
>
> flexibility, portability, robustness
Ahh yes, the three reasons I install the GNU toolset on any Unix(-like)
system that I'm going to work on: so that the tools I use are flexible
and robust, and so that I can the various scripts etc. whose portability
is based on them.
Steve
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