From db5fbef54d4d3bd1166d2243482a2448ad168524 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Bdale Garbee Date: Wed, 29 Jul 2009 13:20:14 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] update documentation to reflect that we only ship a 'pax' executable --- debian/README.debian | 4 ++++ debian/changelog | 5 ++++- debian/control | 3 +-- 3 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) create mode 100644 debian/README.debian diff --git a/debian/README.debian b/debian/README.debian new file mode 100644 index 0000000..374444c --- /dev/null +++ b/debian/README.debian @@ -0,0 +1,4 @@ +If the 'pax' executable is hard-linked to 'tar' or 'cpio', it will +supposedly emulate those user interfaces. But since we already have tar +and cpio packages in Debian, we don't do anything to try and deliver +those links. diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog index 3f809fe..b3a8670 100644 --- a/debian/changelog +++ b/debian/changelog @@ -2,8 +2,11 @@ pax (1:20090728-1) UNRELEASED; urgency=low * new upstream version synthesized from OpenBSD CVS HEAD, closes: #434470, #277738 + * update package description, et al, to reflect that we only ship with the + pax interface (executable name) but cpio and tar can work if appropriately + linked, closes: #505474 - -- Bdale Garbee Mon, 11 Aug 2008 17:58:52 -0300 + -- Bdale Garbee Wed, 29 Jul 2009 13:18:43 +0200 pax (1:1.5-16) unstable; urgency=low diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control index 72239cf..93cdf85 100644 --- a/debian/control +++ b/debian/control @@ -12,8 +12,7 @@ Description: Portable Archive Interchange Pax is an archiving utility that reads and writes tar and cpio formats, both the traditional ones and the extended formats specified in IEEE 1003.1. It handles multi-volume archives and automatically determines the format - of an archive while reading it. Three user interfaces are - supported: tar, cpio, and pax. The pax interface was designed by IEEE + of an archive while reading it. The pax interface was designed by IEEE 1003.2 as a compromise in the chronic controversy over which of tar or cpio is best. . -- 2.30.2