Re: bsdtar, pkg_install and archivers/xz

[Joerg Sonnenberger <joerg%britannica.bec.de@localhost>]

On Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 02:36:37PM +1300, Steven Drake wrote:
> On Tue, 13 Dec 2011, Joerg Sonnenberger wrote:
> 
> > On Tue, Dec 13, 2011 at 02:53:38PM +1300, Steven Drake wrote:
> > > On Mon, 12 Dec 2011, Joerg Sonnenberger wrote:
> > > 
> > > > On Mon, Dec 12, 2011 at 08:51:47PM +1300, Steven Drake wrote:
> > > > > So I think archivers/xz should be treated the same and distributed in 
> > > > > its
> > > > > files directory.  I have the changes to xz, bsdtar and pkg_install 
> > > > > tested
> > > > > and ready to commit.
> > > > 
> > > > I don't think so. zlib is primarily handled like that because it is the
> > > > default compression scheme. bzip2 for historic reasons. I don't think XZ
> > > > has to be threated as such.
> > > 
> > > In that case do you have any problems with adding '--without-lzma' to 
> > > libarchive's configure arguments in bsdtar and pkg_install?
> > 
> > Yes, I have. What's wrong with picking it up if it is present in the
> > base system?
> 
> Nothing if PREFER.xz == "native", I'm taking about when its "pkgsrc", in
> which case one of the two options should be used.  So which one?
> 
> BTW, your the one who setup this behavior in both bsdtar and pkg_install.

Both are self-contained binaries, they don't link against anything
(else) in ${PREFIX}. The intention is to maximize functionality without
sacrificing this property.

Joerg