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From: | Charlie Sale |
Subject: | Re: [Bug-tar] Software Proposal |
Date: | Tue, 26 Sep 2017 14:30:01 +0000 |
Ok. Thanks for your help. I think I have enough information to get started. I will probably work on tar only for now.
Thanks
Charlie
Hi Charlie,
On Monday, September 25, 2017 10:25:20 PM CEST Charlie Sale wrote:
> Does this mean that an API should not be developed for GNU tar, but
> instead for GNU paxutils?
I don't think that the library location matters too much. I just think
that the library shouldn't be just "separate product", but also the
low-level cornerstone for /bin/tar. And paxutils git more or less served
this purpose.
> If this is the case, should I be talking to paxutils instead?
That's the same upstream (Sergey and Paul here on the bug-tar list).
> Also, if I did go ahead and develop an API for GNU tar only, would I be
> able to just modify the existing modules, or do I have to reinvent the
> wheel and more or less rewrite the entire project? I would really just
> like to be able to add some data structures and remove global variables.
Dunno, that's implementation detail the patch author should look at; as
the patch author is going to defend the patch.
Pavel
~Charlie Sale
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