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Re: Compiling RPM manager
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Mike Sangrey)
Wed Nov 13 22:09:31 1996
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In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 13 Nov 1996 16:19:21 PST."
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Date: Wed, 13 Nov 1996 21:10:07 -0500
From: Mike Sangrey <mike@sojurn.lns.pa.us>
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Borg wrote:
> Hal L. DeVore Jr. wrote:
> .............
> > Move it to the root ("/") directory and do:
> > gunzip -c rpm-2.2.7-1.i386.cpio.gz | cpio --extract
>
> The above command extracts a cpio archive, what
> command is used to make such an archive? I've
> heard 'cpio' is better for archiving than 'tar'.
> Is it true?
>
Don't ever, ever ask questions like this; it starts religious wars...every time.
Actually, Borg, to you this is said TOTALLY tongue in cheek.
However, to everyone else on the list, it is said with deep, glaring, penetrating eyes. And fangs, lots and lots of fangs.
The answer to the question regarding which is better, tar or cpio, is a definitive "YES". Enough said, OK?
Ummmmm...the "OK?" is rhetorical, honest -- no need to reply.
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