Subject: Re: x11-links uses pax (and pax with bootstrap-pkgsrc?)
To: Jeremy C. Reed <reed@reedmedia.net>
From: grant beattie <grant@netbsd.org>
List: tech-pkg
Date: 11/26/2002 12:43:32
On Mon, Nov 25, 2002 at 05:34:11PM -0800, Jeremy C. Reed wrote:

> I don't have pax; defs.Linux.mk sets PAX to
> ${ZOULARISBASE}/bin/pax
> 
> Is there any plan to pkgsize pax or add to bootstrap-pkgsrc?

[...]

> Or should pax be made available?
> 
> I could pkgsrc-ize GNU paxutils, but I prefer to use NetBSD's great pax.
> Has anyone made a portable build mechanism for it?

Yes, see othersrc/bootstrap-pkgsrc/pax.

g.