Chris Beggy on Sat, 15 Jun 2002 00:50:26 +0200


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Re: [PLUG] RMS and GNU/sink (was: systrace is cool)


Noah silva <nsilva@atari-source.com> writes:

> I think RMS's argument is entirely invalid.
>
> "tar' isn't all of userland.  and GNU tar wasn't very usefull intil it had
> a real kernal to run on.  What's more, I could easily write TAR, CP, LS,
> etc.  I wouldn't try to write anything liek the linux kernal.  We don't

Linus started trying to re-create Minix, not Unix.  From tiny
acorns, mighty oaks grow.

Before linux, gnu tar was very useful if you wanted to tar up a
directory on a PC running dos or windows.  Lots of people compiled
and installed tar (and grep, find, bash, and less) to use on sun
workstations.

Could you please whip up that new tar, when you have a chance?
I'd like to see command line switches for encryption, and a
command line switch for running in tar-1.12 compatibility mode so
amanda won't choke on it. 

Oh, and write .po files in thirteen languages and port it to:

	 alpha-dec-winnt3.5
	 m68k-cbm-sysv4
         m68k-cbm-netbsd
	 m68k-unknown-openbsd
	 mips64el-unknown-openbsd
	 mipsel-unknown-openbsd
	 mips-unknown-openbsd
	 mipsel-unknown-openbsd
	 mips-unknown-openbsd
	 mipsel-unknown-openbsd
	 arm-acorn-riscix
	 arm-unknown-netbsd 
	 hppa1.1-hitachi-hiuxmpp
	 pyramid-pyramid-sysv3
	 pyramid-pyramid-bsd
	 pyramid-pyramid-svr4
	 sparc-hal-solaris2 
	 sparc-sun-solaris2 
	 i386-pc-solaris2 
	 sparc-sun-solaris3 
	 sparc-sun-sunos 
	 m68k-sun-sunos
	 m68k-sun-sunos
	 sparc-sun-sunos
	 sparc-auspex-sunos
	 m68k-atari-netbsd
	 m68k-unknown-openbsd
         m68k-atari-mint
	 m68k-atari-mint
         m68k-atari-mint
         m68k-milan-mint
         m68k-hades-mint
         m68k-unknown-mint
	 m68k-sun-netbsd
	 m68k-unknown-openbsd
	 m68k-apple-netbsd
	 m68k-unknown-openbsd
	 m68k-unknown-openbsd
	 m88k-unknown-openbsd
	 powerpc-apple-machten
         powerpc-apple-netbsd
	 mips-dec-mach_bsd4.3
	 mips-dec-ultrix
	 vax-dec-ultrix
	 clipper-intergraph-clix
	 mips-mips-riscos%ssysv
	 mips-mips-riscos%ssvr4
	 mips-mips-riscos%sbsd
	 mips-mips-riscos
	 powerpc-harris-powerunix
	 m88k-harris-cxux7
	 m88k-motorola-sysv4
	 m88k-motorola-sysv3
	 m88k-dg-dgux
	 m88k-dg-dguxbcs
         i586-dg-dgux
	 m88k-dolphin-sysv3
	 m88k-motorola-sysv3
	 m88k-tektronix-sysv3
	 m68k-tektronix-bsd
	 mips-sgi-irix 
	 romp-ibm-aix
	 i386-ibm-aix
	 powerpc-ibm-aix3.2.5
	 rs6000-ibm-aix3.2.5
	 rs6000-ibm-aix3.2.4
	 rs6000-ibm-aix3.2
	 rs6000-ibm-aix
	 romp-ibm-bsd4.4
	 romp-ibm-bsd
	 rs6000-bull-bosx
	 m68k-bull-sysv3
	 m68k-hp-bsd
	 m68k-hp-bsd4.4
	 m68k-hitachi-hiuxwe2
	 hppa1.1-hp-bsd
	 hppa1.0-hp-bsd
	 hppa1.0-hp-mpeix
	 hppa1.1-hp-osf
	 hppa1.0-hp-osf
	 hppa1.1-hp-lites
	 c1-convex-bsd
	 c32-convex-bsd
	 c2-convex-bsd
	 c34-convex-bsd
	 c38-convex-bsd
	 c4-convex-bsd
	 xmp-cray-unicos
	 ymp-cray-unicos
	 t90-cray-unicos
	 t3e-cray-unicosmk
	 cray2-cray-unicos
         f301-fujitsu-uxpv
	 m68k-hp-netbsd
	 m68k-unknown-openbsd
	 sparc-unknown-bsdi
	 powerpcle-unknown-cygwin
	 powerpcle-unknown-solaris2 
	  i?86linux-pc-linux-gnuaout
	  i?86coff-pc-linux-gnucoff
	  sparclinux-unknown-linux-gnuaout
	  armlinux-unknown-linux-gnuaout
	  m68klinux-unknown-linux-gnuaout
	  powerpc-unknown-linux-gnu

  :-)

  Chris

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