woods@most.weird.com (Greg A. Woods) writes:

> [ On , January 22, 1999 at 17:08:58 (-0500), Perry E. Metzger wrote: ]
> > Subject: Re: CVS commit: src
> > 
> > Wrong answer, Mr. Woods. pax is going to be a full replacement for
> > tar(1) at some point and we aren't going to do that without supporting 
> > the existing option syntax so people's scripts don't break.
> 
> Pax *IS* a full replacement for tar(1).  It's just not a full
> replacement for GNU Tar, and I'm arguing that it *NEVER* should be.
> 
> Have I suddently started using a GNU/Linux system or something?!?!?!

THANK YOU, Greg, for publicly pointing out something that had been on
my mind for a while.  It needed to be said.

If I want GNU, I know where to find it.  I don't; I want BSD.  That's
why I run NetBSD.  It's nice to see I'm not alone in this.

--Mirian