Bug#333222: ITP: libarchive -- Single libary to read/write tar, cpio, pax, zip, etc. files

[John Goerzen <jgoerzen@complete.org>]

Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist
Owner: John Goerzen <jgoerzen@complete.org>

* Package name    : libarchive
  Version         : 1.02.033
  Upstream Author : Tim Kientzle <kientzle@acm.org>
                    Part of FreeBSD
* URL             : :pserver:anoncvs@anoncvs.fr.FreeBSD.org:/home/ncvs
* License         : BSD
  Description     : Single libary to read/write tar, cpio, pax, zip, etc. files

 The libarchive library provides a flexible interface for reading and
 writing streaming archive files such as tar and cpio.  The library is
 inherently stream-oriented; readers serially iterate through the archive,
 writers serially add things to the archive.  In particular, note that
 there is no built-in support for random access nor for in-place
 modification.
 .
 libarchive can read at least five tar formats, four cpio formats,
 ISO9660 CD/DVD images (including RockRidge extensions), and ZIP
 files.
 .
 libarchive can write two tar formats (ustar and pax), one cpio format
 (odc/POSIX), and two types of shar files (with and without uuencoding).


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