From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: imp@bsdimp.com (Warner Losh) Date: Sun, 14 Feb 2010 22:05:12 -0700 Subject: [TUHS] dump(8) compatibility In-Reply-To: <20100215022742.GA29101@bitmover.com> References: <20100122003610.GB3623@dereel.lemis.com> <201001282027.o0SKRBIs001465@anduin.eldar.org> <20100215011914.GZ62998@dereel.lemis.com> <20100214.183008.635519104763620496.imp@bsdimp.com> <20100215022742.GA29101@bitmover.com> Message-ID: Tar and cpio at least have a standard, well understood format. Dump was always only defined by the source. Warner On Feb 14, 2010, at 7:27 PM, Larry McVoy wrote: >> It used to be the case that dump was completely interchangeable >> between the different BSDs, but software drift has rendered that not >> the case anymore. > > Which is why we (BitKeeper guys) don't even trust cpio/tar/etc. > Wrote our > own, works everywhere including windows. > -- > --- > Larry McVoy lm at bitmover.com http://www.bitkeeper.com > > _______________________________________________ TUHS mailing list TUHS at minnie.tuhs.org https://minnie.tuhs.org/mailman/listinfo/tuhs