Bug#148265: ITP]: libarchive-tar-perl -- Archive::Tar - manipulate tar files in perl

[Adam Heath <doogie@debian.org>]

On Mon, 27 May 2002, Stephen Zander wrote:

> Package: wnpp
> Severity: wishlist
>
> * Package name    : libarchive-tar-perl
>   Version         : 0.22
>   Upstream Author : Stephen Zander <gibreel@pobox.com>
> * URL             : http://www.cpan.org/modules/by-authors/Stephen_Zander/
> * License         : GPL/Artistic
>
>   Description     : Archive::Tar - manipulate tar files in perl
>     Archive::Tar allows you to create, read, write, extract & update
>     tar files using native perl code (no system('tar -xf')).  It
>     supports both compressed & uncompressed tarfiles as well as the
>     GNU extension to the standard tar structure.
>
>     Archive::Tar generally provides an object-oriented interface but
>     it is also possible to do common tarfile operations in a
>     procedural manner.

Does it support all gnu extensions(probably not, there are alot)?

Does it support GNU long names/links?

Does it support POSIX long names/links?

Does it support SYSV tars(no extensions)?

Can it auto-detect the above, and also allow any of the above output types?

Sorry, I'm just plugging Altar, which does what Archive::Tar does, plus the
above, plus supports cpio(binary and compat) and ar(including long names), in
an abstract, OO way, but for java.

I need to release that sometime.




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