Bug#148265: ITP]: libarchive-tar-perl -- Archive::Tar - manipulate tar files in perl
On Mon, 27 May 2002, Colin Watson wrote:
> Adam Heath wrote:
> >On Mon, 27 May 2002, Stephen Zander wrote:
> >> 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?
>
> No, bug #141394.
>
> >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.
>
> We need a Perl interface! :) I suppose in theory it's possible to wire
> Perl and Java together via gcj, but probably too painful for words.
I plan on porting to perl, python, and c(!) when I get the api stabalized in
java.
I need to make certain the last feature I just added(per-entry compression,
ala zip) works as I want. I tested it by compressing entries in a .ar, and
seeing if the data can be read in decompressed and 'raw' mode.
Most of the base api(javadoc) stuff is done. But no other docs. No "How to
Use Altar", and no "How to Extend Altar" documentation exists.
ps: I've used the code to produce a deb, using pure java code, and dpkg
installed it without any problems.
pps: I also have full tests, for all of this.
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